Shiplake

Shiplake
Shiplake

 Shiplake shown within Oxfordshire
Population 1,878 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SU7678
Parish Shiplake
District South Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Henley-on-Thames
Postcode district RG9
Dialling code 0118
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Henley
Website Shiplake community website
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Shiplake is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England on the River Thames.

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History

The Church of England parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul dates from at least the 13th century, but in 1869 the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street rebuilt the chancel, north aisle, parts of the south aisle and replaced the tracery of all the windows.[2] The tower has a peal of eight bells.[3]

In 1773 the Thames Navigation Commission built Shiplake Lock on the Thames about 0.5 miles (800 m) downriver from the village. In 1857 the Great Western Railway opened a branch line between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames, crossing the Thames on Shiplake Railway Bridge, about 300 yards (270 m) downstream from Shiplake Lock. The GWR built Shiplake railway station at Lower Shiplake 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village. Lower Shiplake has since grown into the largest settlement in the parish.

In 1889 the author Jerome K. Jerome featured the village in his book Three Men in a Boat.[4]

Shiplake Court was a country house built in Shiplake in 1905 overlooking the Thames. In 1959 it became Shiplake College, an independent boarding school.[5]

In 2003, the village of Binfield Heath and hamlet of Crowsley, which had been within Shiplake civil parish became part of the newly-created civil parish of Binfield Heath.[6]

Amenities

Shiplake has a village hall,[7] a Women's Institute[8] and an amateur dramatic society.[9]

Shiplake has a bowls club[10] and a lawn tennis club.[11]

Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta

The Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta was founded in 1867 and is held annually.[12] It is the second largest regatta on the Thames after the Henley Royal Regatta.

Notable residents

See also

References

External links

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