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Shincy How, vil., in par. and 2 miles NAV. of
Houghton le Spring, Durham;
P.O., T.O.; has au
endowed school.

Shinficld, par. and vil., Berks, in S. of co.—par.,
4567 ac., pop. 1277 ; vil., 3% miles S. of Reading; P.O.;
Shinlield Manor Honse and Shipfield Lodge are seats.

Shingay, par., in SW. of Cambridgeshire, on river
Cam, 5 miles NAV. of Royston, 754 ae., pop. 90.

Siiingham, par., Norfolk, 5 miles SAV. of Swaffham,
935 ac., pop. 71.

Shingles, The, shoal, Isle of AVight, between Hurst
Castle and The Needles ; is 2% miles long.

Shinglevvell, vil., Ifield par., Kent, 3 miles S. of
Gravesend.

Shinnel Water, Tynron par., Dumfriesshire ; flows
12% miles SE. to Scar AVater near Penpont.

Shinness, school, Lairg par., Sutherland.

Shinny, Lough, 2 miles N. of Rush, E. co. Dublin.

Shinrone, par. and vil., S. King’s co., 5 miles NAV.
of Roscrea—par., 4868 ac., pop. 844; vil., pop. 488;
P.O., T.O.

Shipbornc, par. and vil., Kent—par., 1922 ac., pop.
507; vil., 4 miles N. of Tunbridge;
P.O.; Shipbornc
Lodge, seat, is in vicinity.

Sbipbrook, township, Davenham par., Cheshire, 2
miles SE. of Northwich, 546 ac., pop. 67.

Sbipden, submerged town, in Cromer Bay, Norfolk;
was destroyed in the reign of Henry IV.; the ruins of
the church are occasionally visible.

Shipdham, par. and vil., Norfolk—par., 4560 ac.,
pop. 1526; vil., 4% m. SAV. of Dereham;
P.O., T.O.; was
once a market town, and has an important stock fair.

Skip bam, par. and vil., Somerset, among the Mendip
Hills—par., 766 ac., pop. 408; vil., 2% miles NE. of
Axbridge;
P.O.

Shiphay House, seat, l%m. NW. of Torquay, Devon.

Shiplake.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., in SE. of Ox-
fordshire, 3 miles S. of Henley on Thames, 2740 ac.,
pop. 615; Shiplake House, seat, and the Shiplake
Paper Mills are here.—-2. Shiplake, hundred, Peven-
sey rape, Sussex, 18,683ac., pop. 4304; contains6 pars.

Skipledge Reef, off coast of Isle of Wight, near
Brixton.

Shipley.—township and vil. with ry. sta. (Shipley
Gate), Heanor par., Derbyshire—township, 2111 ac.,
pop. 724; vil., l%mileNW. of Ilkeston ;
P.O., T.O.; has
extensive coal mines ; near the vil. is Shipley House,
seat.'—2. Shipley, township, Eglingham par., North-
umberland, 4 miles NAV. of Alnwick, 2073 ac., pop. 92.—

3. Shipley, par. and vil., Sussex—par., 7778 ac., pop.
1114; vil., 6 miles SAA7. of Horsham;
P.O.; has some re-
mains of an ancient castle.—4. Shipley, town and town-
ship with ry. sta., Bradford par., N. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, on river Aire, 3 miles NW. of Bradford, 1406
ac., pop. 15,093; IBank; has mfrs. of worsted, and shares
in the industries of Bradford, of which it is practically a
suburb.

Shipley Division, pari. div. of N. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, pop. 58,205.

Shipley Gate, ry. sta., on E. border of Derbyshire,
1% mile NAV. of Ilkeston. See
Shipley.

Shipley Hill, barrow, Ratcliffe on the AVreak par.,
in co. and 8 miles NE. of Leicester.

Shipman Head, promontory, Bryher, Scilly Islands.

Shlpmeadow, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 820 ac.,
pop. 214; vil., 2% miles W. of Beccles ;
P.O.

Shippon, eccl. dist., Abingdon St Helen par., Berks,
on NAA”. side of Abingdon, pop. 183.

Shippool Castle, seat, 3 miles S. of Inishannon, S.
eo. Cork.

Shlpslade, hamlet, Bleadon par., Somerset, 6 miles
NW. of Axbridge.

Shipston on Stour, market town and par., in de-
tached part of Worcestershire, on river Stour, 6 miles
E. of Chipping Campden, 1198 ac., pop. 1735;
P.O.,
T.O.,
2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday.
Shipston is an agricultural town, and has, in addition
to its weekly market, a monthly cattle market and
cattle fairs thrice a year. The par. was a township in
Tredington par. until the reign of George I.

Ship ton.—Bucks. See AVinslow.—2. Sliipton, par.
and vil., Gloucestershire, 7 miles SE. of Cheltenham,
2210 ac., pop. 330.—3. Shipton, vil., Shipton Bellinger

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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