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Shipton under Wychwood is a village in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire. It is on the south bank of the River Evenlode and is named for its location in the historic forest of Wychwood. Shipton is the largest of the Wychwoods (the others are Ascott and Milton). Shipton has a wide village green, railway station and access to the Oxfordshire Way long-distance footpath. It is a village of medieval origins, established around Shipton Court, the estate of the Lacey family. Shipton Court is one of the largest Jacobean houses in the country. The parish church of St. Mary has a tower of circa 1200-1250 and a 15th century vaulted porch. The mainly 15th century Shaven Crown Hotel overlooks the wide village green and was once a guest house run by the monks of Bruern Abbey, and is claimed to have had a licence since 1384. About 2 miles south-east is the farmhouse of Langley, a largely mid-19th century building on the site of a royal hunting lodge built for Henry VII. Most of the Tudor monarchs stayed there when hunting in the Wychwood Forest. Shipton takes its name from the Old English meaning 'sheep town'. William the Conqueror was a landowner here and, in 1086 AD, the village was listed as a royal manor in the Doomsday Book. Most of the village dates from the 17th century and its history is rich and varied. The area was inhabited in pre-history too, and the local Rollright Stone Circle dates from the Neolithic period.
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