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SHIPTON, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Overton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Northeastern railway, 6 miles NW by N of York. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under York. Acres, 1,840. Real property, £2,820. Pop., 440. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to the Hon. P. Dawnay. The living is annexed to Overton. The church is good, and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed grammar-school, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Overton Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shipton |
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