Description
Shipton, a parish in Gloucestershire, with a station (Dowdeswell) on the Midland and South-Western Junction railway, 2 miles S of Andoversford station on the G.W.R., 6 WNW of Northleach, and 7 SE of Cheltenham. Post town, Andoversford (R.S.O.) The parish was formed by the union in 1872 of the parishes of Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Sollars, and comprises 2816 acres; population of the civil parish, 354; of the ecclesiastical, 340. Limestone is abundant. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £313 with residence. The church is Norman. The ancient church of Shipton Sollars was restored in 1884 after having been closed for years.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
