Shipley, West Sussex Explained

Official Name:Shipley
Country:England
Civil Parish:Shipley
Region:South East England
Static Image:Shipley, West Sussex church from windmill.JPG
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Church of St. Mary the Virgin,
viewed from the windmill
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:31.26
Population:1,075
Population Ref: 2001 Census
1,147 (Census 2011)[2]
Population Density:34/km2
Os Grid Reference:TQ144219
Coordinates:50.9854°N -0.3708°W
Post Town:HORSHAM
Postcode Area:RH
Postcode District:RH13
Dial Code:01403
Constituency Westminster:Horsham
London Distance:37miles NNE
Shire District:Horsham
Shire County:West Sussex

Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road 60NaN0 north-east of Storrington. The parish includes the village of Coolham and the hamlets of Dragon's Green, Brooks Green and Broomer's Corner.

Shipley is first mentioned in a charter of 1073 as Scapeleia, and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sepelei. The name derives from the Old English scēap ('sheep') and lēah ('open ground, such as meadow, pasture, or arable land'). Thus it means 'sheep-clearing' or 'sheep-pasture'.[3]

The western River Adur flows through the village, where it meets a significant tributary, Lancing Brook.

The parish has a land area of 3125ha. In the 2001 census 1075 people lived in 448 households of whom 596 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population included the hamlet of Coolham and increased to a total of 1,147.[2]

Shipley was home to Hilaire Belloc[4] who in 1906 purchased Kings Land, with a house, 5acres and Shipley Windmill, which was used in the television series Jonathan Creek as Creek's residence.[5]

The churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin is the burial place of composer John Ireland (1879–1962).[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish. West Sussex County Council. 12 April 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf. 8 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 2 October 2016. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society, ed. by Victor Watts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. SHIPLEY.
  4. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbelloc.htm Schoolnet on Belloc
  5. Web site: Shipley Windmill . www.shipleywindmill.org.uk . 2010-07-12 .
  6. Book: The John Ireland Companion - Lewis Foreman - Google Books . 9781843836865 . 31 January 2016. Foreman . Lewis . 2011 .
  7. Web site: Shipley Church Photos, West Sussex . Gravelroots.net . 31 January 2016.