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Rh SUIPTON-BELLINGER. 457 SH [RE-NEWTON. 1812. The living is a perpct. cur.* annexed to the vie. of Overton, in the dioc. of York. The church has a spired tower containing three bells. It has several stained windows. There is an endowed grammar school, founded by Ann JMiddleton in 1655, also a National school, erected at the expense of the Honourable Lydia Dawnay. The Wesleyims and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship. The Hon. Payan Dawnay is lord of the manor and chief landowner. SHIPTON-BELLINGER, a par. in the upper half div. of Thorngato hund., Andover div. of co. Hants, 4J miles 8. W. of Ludgershall, and 9 W. of Andover. Marl- borough is its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly arable. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 118, and the vicarial for 167, with a glebe of 3 acres. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 168. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Dean of Winchester is lord of the manor. SH1PTON-GEORGE, a parochial chplry. in the hund. of Godderthorne, Bridport div. of co. Dorset, 3 miles E. of Bridport, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The par. contains Broad Sturthill. There are some remains of the ancient manor house. The living is a cur. annexed to the reel, of Burton-Bradstock, in the dioc. of Sarum. The church, dedicated to St.[Martin, is an ancient edifice with a low embattled tower. The Earl of Ilchester is lord of the manor. SHIPTON-LEE, a hmlt. in the par. of Quainton, hund. of Ashendon, co. Bucks, 1 mile N.W. of Quainton, and 6 miles S.W. of Winslow. It formerly had a chapel. SHIPTON-MOYNE, a par. in the hund. of Long- tree, co. Gloucester, 2J miles S.E. of Tetbury, its post town, and 9 from Tetbury Road railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The soil is loam and clay, upon a subsoil of stiff clay and oolitic rock. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 345, and the glebe comprises 173 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, vul. 442. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient stone structure, with a low square embattled tower. The parochial charities produce about 18 per annum. There is an endowed National school for both sexes. The Beaufort hounds meet in this parish. T. 8. Estcourt, Esq., is lord of the manor. SHIPTON-OLIFFE, a par. in the hund. of Bradley, co. Gloucester, 6 miles N.W. of Northleach, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the London road, and near the Cotswold hills. The parish of Shipton-Sollers was united to this by Act of Parliament in 1776. The surface is hilly, and the soil thin, resting on a substratum of limestone rock. The tithes were commuted in 1792 under an Enclosure Act for 453 acres of land. The living is a rect. with that of Shipton-Sollers annexed, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, joint val. 430. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is an ancient structure. 8HIPTON SOLLAR8, a par. in the hund. of Brad- ley, co. Gloucester, 6 miles N.W. of Northleach, its post town, and 7 from Cheltenham. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The living is a reet. annexed to that of Shipton-Oliffe, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. SHIPTON-TJNDER-WYCHWOOD, a par. in the hund. of Chadlington, co. Oxford, 6 miles S.W. of Chipping Norton, its post town, 4 N.E. of Burford, and 1 mile N.E. of the Shipton station on the West Mid- land section of the Great Western railway. It is situ- ated on the river Evenlode, and comprises the chplry. and the hmlts. of Milton, Langley, and Lineham. It was formerly the seat of the Lacys of Pudlicot, and at Langley, in this parish, was a royal hunting seat. The impropriation belongs to the Professorship of Civil Law in the University of Oxford. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Ramsden annexed, in the dioc. of Oxford, vul. 335, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is old, with some traces of Norman architecture. It contains a sculptured stone pulpit and an octagonal font, ornamented with the arms of the Earls of Warwick. At the W. end of the nave is a painting of the Resurrection, and in the N. aisle an altar-tomb, with a recumbent effigy of a female. There is also a district church at Seatield, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 55. The parochial charities produce about 97 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. There are traces of three religious houses, and an ancient building con- verted into the " Crown Inn." At Milton three singular stone vessels were found in digging the quarries. SHIPTON -UPON-CHERWELL, a pur. in the hund. of Wootton, co. Oxford, '2 J miles S.E. of Woodstock, its post town, and 6 from Oxtord. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Cherwell, and 14 chiefly agricultural. About two-thirds of the land ara arable, and the remainder pasture. The Oxford canal passes through the parish. The tithes were commuted tor land under an Enclosure Act in 1768. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Oxford, val. 310. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a modern edifice, with a square embattled tower. It was rebuilt in 1832, at the cost of Mr. Turner. There is a Sunday-school. SHIPWASH, a sandbank off the coast of Essex, 15 miles E. of Harwich. It lies in the fair way to the N. after quitting the Thames mouth, in lat. 62 2' N. and long. I" 38' E. SHIRA, a stream of the co. of Argyle, Scotland, flows through Glenshira, to which it gives name, to Loch Dubh. SHIRBURN, a par. in the hund. of Pirton, co. Oxford, 6 miles 8. of Teteworth, its post town, and 1 mile N.E. of Watlington. The village, which is of small extent, is situated under the Chiltern hills, and is wholly agri- cultural. Tho soil is chiefly a chalky loam alternated with gravel. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents, under an Enclosure Act in 1805, and subse- quently exchanged for a rent-charge of 80 to the vicar, and 14 10. to the Earl of Macclesfield. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 112. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stone edifice with a square tower containing a clock and two bolls. The interior has several monuments. There is a Church school for both sexes. Shirburn Castle, the residence of the Earl of Macclesfield, is an ancient moated mansion with a drawbridge. It is built on the site of a still more ancient castle. There is a collection of paintings, and several portraits of eminent persons, including one of Catherine Parr. The Earl of Macclesfield is lord of the manor. SHIRBORN, a stream of the co. of Warwick, joins the river Sow above Stoneleigh. SHIREBROOK, a chplry. in the par. of Pleasley, hund. of Scarsdale, co. Derby, 10 miles N.E. of Alfreton, and 6 N.W. of Mansfield, on the border of Nottingham- shire. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 62, in the patron, of tho Rector of Pleasley. SHIRE-GREEN, a vil. in the par. of Ecclesfield, West Riding co. York, 4 miles N. of Sheffield. SHIRE-HALL-YARD, an ext. par. place in the borough of Ipswich, co. Suffolk. 8HIREHAMPTON, a tythg. and chplry. in the par. of Westbury-on-Trym, lower div. of Henbury hund., co. Gloucester, 5 miles N.W. of Bristol, its post town. The village is situated at the mouth of the river Avon. Off the coast are King-Road and Hung-Road, two anchorages for ships. The living is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 731. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are numerous small charities. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school. Omnibuses run to Bristol. SHIRE-NEWTON, a par in the upper div. of Cal- dicott bund., co. Monmoulh, 4 miles W. of Chepstow, its post town, and 10 from Usk. It is situated on an emi- nence overlooking a fertile valley. It was formerly of more importance than at present. The living is u rect.* in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 310, in the patron, of th