Place:Shipton (near Market Weighton), East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameShipton (near Market Weighton)
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoMarket Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish in which it was a township
Harthill Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Shipton (near Market Weighton) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"SHIPTON, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Market-Weighton parish, [East Riding of] Yorkshire; near Londesborough [railway] station, and 2 miles NW of Market-Weighton. It has a post-office under Brough. Acres: 1,570. Real property: £2,429. Population: 411. Houses: 104. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. The living is annexed to Market-Weighton. The church is ancient, and has a curious Norman door and a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed school with £8 a year."
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