The twin villages of Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Solars are situated from
Cheltenham
Cheltenham () is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the mo ...
. The
River Coln
The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire, England
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, a small stream at this point, flows through the village over two fords and innumerable little water splashes, creating ornamental lakes in private properties. The population of the parish at the
2011 census was 365.
The name Shipton, meaning "sheep farmstead", indicates that sheep farming occurred here long before the
Norman invasion
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conquero ...
.
[ The ]Domesday Book
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refers to two manors, Oliffe and Solers, each with its own church
Church may refer to:
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. In 1871, they were united as one parish. The former rectory of St Oswald's, Shipton Olife, is a Grade II listed Victorian baronial house, built in 1863 by Thomas Fulljames
Thomas Fulljames Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA (4 March 1808 – 24 April 1874) was an architect active in Gloucestershire, England, in the first half of the nineteenth century. As diocesan surveyor from 1832 un ...
.
The Gloucestershire Way long-distance footpath
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway (landscape), greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking (wilderness), backpacking, cycling, equestrianism or cross-co ...
passes through the village.
Shipton Oliffe is represented by the county councillor for Northleach
Northleach is a market town and former civil parish, now in parish Northleach with Eastington, in the Cotswold District, Cotswold district, in Gloucestershire, England. The town is in the valley of the River Leach in the Cotswolds, about northe ...
division and the district councillor for Sandywell ward on Cotswold District Council
The Cotswolds ( ) is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham. The area is defined by the bedro ...
.
See also
* St Mary's Church, Shipton Solars
References
External links
Villages in Gloucestershire
Cotswold District
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