Place:Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, England

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Shipton under Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford in Oxfordshire, England. The parish is one of three 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 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. The 2011 UK census recorded Shipton-under-Wychwood's parish population as 1,244.

Shipton under Wychwood was an ancient parish and many of the surrounding civil parishes were formerly chapelries within it.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Shipton-under-Wychwood.. Includes a short description of the parish church and a longer discussion of the manor of Langley which is reproduced under Langley.

Research Tips

• This part of Oxfordshire is not covered by the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire.
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.