Shipham

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Shipham is a village in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Sipeham

Built-Up Area: Shipham
Parish/Community: Shipham
District/Borough: Sedgemoor
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°18'51"N 2°47'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 344593, 157546
OS Grid: ST445575
Mapcode Local: GBR JG.XF94
Mapcode Global: VH7CV.H709

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Shipham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Shipham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Shipham, par. and vil., Somerset, among the Mendip Hills - par., 766 ac., pop. 408; vil., 2½ miles NE. of Axbridge; P.O.

Shipham in the Domesday Book

A village in Winterstoke hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 200 acres
- Animals in 1086: 1 cow

British Place Names

Shipham, Somerset

Shipham is a village in Somerset

Shipham in historic gazetteers

Shipham in the Domesday Book