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'''Bold text'''Shiplake is often overlooked as one of the most repulsive places to live in the UK. I have often heard complaints about Liverpool, Moss Side, Hackney - but until you have been to Shiplake you have not experienced the full 'falseness' of life in a 4*4 world. If you aspire to be kept by your husband, f*cked by your neighbour (gardener, postman, milkman etc.) and pretend to be friends with all the other shallow folk around you - then this is the place to be! |
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Revision as of 17:41, 1 September 2008
Shiplake (and Lower Shiplake) is a village in Oxfordshire, England on the River Thames, near Henley-on-Thames and opposite the village of Wargrave.
An annual event, the Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta is a light-hearted alternative to the famous Henley Royal Regatta.
Shiplake College is a local boarding school.
Location
Position: grid reference SU765784
Nearby towns and cities: Henley, Reading
Nearby villages: Binfield Heath, Sonning, Sonning Eye, Wargrave 51°29′56″N 0°53′49″W / 51.499°N 0.897°W
Bold textShiplake is often overlooked as one of the most repulsive places to live in the UK. I have often heard complaints about Liverpool, Moss Side, Hackney - but until you have been to Shiplake you have not experienced the full 'falseness' of life in a 4*4 world. If you aspire to be kept by your husband, f*cked by your neighbour (gardener, postman, milkman etc.) and pretend to be friends with all the other shallow folk around you - then this is the place to be!
Notable residents
- On 15 August 1731, Henry Constantine Jennings was baptised in the church, his father Thomas being the owner of the estate.
- In 1850, the poet Tennyson married in the church.
- George Orwell (1903–1950) who went on to write Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, lived in Shiplake and Henley.
- Singer Vince Hill, O2 CEO Peter Erskine and Swiss-born financier Urs Schwarzenbach live on Bolney Road, Lower Shiplake.
- Gary Moore used to live in Shiplake.
- Ian Paice, drummer of rock band Deep Purple, lives in Shiplake.
- Barriemore Barlow, ex drummer of Jethro Tull lives in Shiplake
Etymology
There are various theories regarding the origination of the name 'Shiplake', but the most common involves Sheep and a Lake.
Literary references
Jerome K. Jerome (1895–1927) mentions Shiplake in his book Three Men in a Boat.
See also
- Shiplake Lock
- Shiplake Railway Bridge
- Shiplake railway station
- Baron Phillimore of Shiplake, a local landowning family
External links
- Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
- Shiplake Memorial Hall
- Shiplake Village Bowling Club
- Shiplake College
- SHADDO - Shiplake & Dunsden Dramatic Organisation
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