Shiplake

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Shiplake (and Lower Shiplake) is a village in Oxfordshire, England on the River Thames, near Henley-on-Thames and opposite the village of Wargrave.

An annual event, the Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta is a light-hearted alternative to the famous Henley Royal Regatta.

Shiplake College is a local boarding school.

Contents 1 Location 2 Notable residents 3 Etymology 4 Literary references 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Location

Position: grid reference SU765784

Nearby towns and cities: Henley, Reading

Nearby villages: Binfield Heath, Sonning, Sonning Eye, Wargrave Coordinates: 51.499° N 0.897° W

[edit] Notable residents

• On 15 August 1731, Henry Constantine Jennings was baptised in the church, his father Thomas being the owner of the estate.
• In 1850, the poet Tennyson married in the church.
• George Orwell (1903–1950) who went on to write Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, lived in Shiplake and Henley.
• Singer Vince Hill, O2 CEO Peter Erskine and Swiss-born financier Urs Schwarzenbach live on Bolney Road, Lower Shiplake.
• Gary Moore used to live in Shiplake.
• Ian Paice, drummer of rock band Deep Purple, lives in Shiplake.
• Barrie Barlow, ex drummer of Jethro Tull lives in Shiplake

[edit] Etymology

There are various theories regarding the origination of the name 'Shiplake', but the most common involves Sheep and a Lake.

[edit] Literary references

Jerome K. Jerome (1895–1927) mentions Shiplake in his book Three Men in a Boat.

[edit] See also

• Shiplake Lock
• Shiplake Railway Bridge
• Shiplake railway station
• Baron Phillimore of Shiplake, a local landowning family

[edit] External links

• Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
• Shiplake Memorial Hall
• Shiplake Village Bowling Club
• Shiplake College
• SHADDO - Shiplake & Dunsden Dramatic Organisation