Shipton
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- Shipton, GloucestershireShipton, GloucestershireThe twin villages of Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Solars are situated just from Cheltenham. The River Coln, just a tiny stream at this point, flows through the village over two fords and innumerable little water splashes, creating ornamental lakes in private properties.The name Shipton, meaning...
- Shipton, North YorkshireShipton, North YorkshireShipton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about north-west of York.-History:...
- Shipton, Shropshire
- Shipton BellingerShipton BellingerShipton Bellinger is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England.Shipton Bellinger is located around north-east of the town of Amesbury and north-east of the city of Salisbury. It lies on the A338 and is close to that road's junction with the A303...
, Hampshire - Shipton Brook, Buckinghamshire
- Shipton GorgeShipton GorgeShipton Gorge is a village in south west Dorset, England, three miles east of Bridport. The village has a population of 319 , 11% of dwellings are second home....
, Dorset - Shipton LeeShipton LeeShipton Lee is a hamlet in the parish of Quainton, in Buckinghamshire, England....
, Buckinghamshire - Shipton-on-CherwellShipton-on-CherwellShipton-on-Cherwell is a village on the River Cherwell north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England. The village is part of the civil parish of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp.-Manor:...
, Oxfordshire - ShiptonthorpeShiptonthorpeShiptonthorpe is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the market town of Pocklington and north west of the market town of Market Weighton...
, East Riding of Yorkshire - Shipton-under-WychwoodShipton-under-WychwoodShipton under Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about north of Burford, Oxfordshire. The village is one of several named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Milton-under-Wychwood immediately to the west of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about to...
, Oxfordshire
Buildings
- Shipton Hall, an historic house in ShropshireShropshireShropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
People
- Eric ShiptonEric ShiptonEric Earle Shipton CBE was a distinguished British Himalayan mountaineer.-Early years:Born in Ceylon in 1907 where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old. His mother buried her grief by taking Eric and his sister Marge and travelling constantly for the next five years...
(1907–1977), mountaineer - Roger ShiptonRoger ShiptonRoger Francis Shipton, OAM was an Australian politician. In 1975 he succeeded former Prime Minister Sir John Gorton as the Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Higgins...
, Australian politician - George ShiptonGeorge Shipton-Trade union activity:Shipton worked as a builder and became involved in trade unionism by joining the Land and Labour League, where he became a strong supporter of George Odger. In 1872, he was elected as the General Secretary of the London Trades Council...
(1885–1886), General Secretary of the T.U.C. - Mother Shipton, English seer and prophetess