Shipton, North Yorkshire
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Coordinates: 54°01′23″N 1°09′23″W / 54.02297°N 1.15644°W
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 Shipton
Shipton shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SE553588 |
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| Civil parish | Shipton |
| District | Hambleton |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO30 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Thirsk and Malton |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Shipton (also known as Shipton-by-Beningbrough) is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north-west of York.
[edit] History
Despite lying almost two miles apart, the alliance of Shipton and Beningbrough is steeped in history, and stems from the fact that Shipton was part of the Beningbrough Estate when it was owned by first the Bourchier family, and then the Dawnay family. It only gained its independence in 1917, when the Beningbrough Estate was broken up.
The village of Shipton was first mentioned in 1066, in the Domesday Book. Shipton, Overton and Beningbrough were, by all accounts, very popular settlements in the 16th and 17th centuries, because they were part of the Royal Forest of Galtres[citation needed], where English monarchs loved to hunt. In 1655, Ann Middleton, one of Yorkshire's greatest philanthropists, left £1,000 to build a grammar school in the village[citation needed]. She also left 20 shillings a year to the poor of Shipton. The grammar school stood until 1850, when the Lord of the Manor, the Hon. Payan Dawnay, knocked it down, and built a new one.
The village public house was once known as The Bay Horse, and was originally built in 1730.[citation needed] It became The Dawnay Arms in Payan’s lifetime and boasts the family coat of arms over the door. Despite the A19 dominating the village, it remains full of character,
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