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Shippon
Shippon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, 1 mile west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon. It is the largest village in the civil parish of St. Helen Without, in Vale of White Horse District. It was in Berkshire until it was transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974. The Dalton Barracks are located in the village. The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Scipene'', meaning "cattle-shed". It was a Manorialism, manor in the large parish of St Helen's Church, Abingdon, St Helen's, Abingdon, and was held by Abingdon Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dissolution in 1538. It was then acquired by the Duchy of Cornwall, which still owns it. Shippon became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1865. The parish church of St Mary Magdalene was built in 1855 to a design of George Gilbert Scott, Gilbert Scott. References External linksWootton and Dry Sandford website {{authority control Villages in Oxfordshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Helen's Church, Abingdon
St Helen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon on the bank of the River Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England. The church is thought to occupy the site of the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon Helenstowe Nunnery. Building The church spire is a landmark of the town. The earliest parts of the church are late 12th- or early 13th-century. Some of the windows are 14th-century and the building was remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries. The building was Victorian restoration, restored in 1869–73 to plans by the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer. Of note within the church are the painted ceiling panels of the north aisle, dating from about 1390 and representing the Tree of Jesse. The church is a Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade I listed building. Around the churchyard are three sets of almshouses: Long Alley Almshouses built in 1446, Twitty's Almshouses of 1707 and Brick Alley Alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
