Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Shipton-under-Wychwood, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands on the river Evenlode, near the West Midland section of the G.W.R., 4 miles NNE of Burford, and 7 SSE of Chipping Norton. It has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Chipping Norton; telegraph office, at the railway station. The original parish included the ecclesiastical parish of Leafield and the townships of Milton, Langley, and Eamsden, which are noticed, separately, the hamlet of Lyneham, and a large tract of Wych-wood Forest. Area of Shipton, 2520 acres; population, 743; of Leafield, 901 acres; population, 734; of Milton, 2080 acres;. population, 898; of Lyneham, 1943 acres; population, 192; of Langley, 303 acres; population, 66; and of Wychwood, 3782 acres; population, 212. Milton, with Lyneham and Bruern, has now been made a separate ecclesiastical parish with a vicarage. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. There is a memorial cross in the village which was erected in 1878, a public recreation ground of about 4 acres, and a hall which is used for entertainments was built in 1885. Shipton Court is a fine old Tudor mansion, and Shipton Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage, with Langley annexed, in the diocese of Oxford; joint net value, £340 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is a spacious building of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel with transept, nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower surmounted by an octagonal broach spire, with eight bells. It contains a fine alabaster and marble monument to Sir Chandos Stanhope Hoskyns Reade, Bart., which was erected in 1890, some ancient brasses, and some good stained windows. Some remains of a monastery, in Later English architecture, adjoin the churchyard. There are a Baptist chapel and several small charities.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Oxfordshire online.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Shipton under Wychwood from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Shipton-Under-Wychwood (St. Mary))

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Oxfordshire is available online

Maps

Online maps of Shipton under Wychwood are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Oxfordshire newspapers online:

• Oxford Journal
• Banbury Advertiser
• Banbury Guardian
• Oxford University and City Herald
• Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette
• Faringdon Advertiser and Vale of the White Horse Gazette
• Oxford Times
• Banbury Beacon
• Ossett Observer

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Oxfordshire, 1566, 1574 &1634 are available on the Heraldry page.