Shippon

Shippon
Shippon
Shippon shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU4898
Civil parish	St Helen Without
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX13
Dialling code	01235

Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Oxford West and Abingdon
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°40′30″N 1°18′11″W / 51.675°N 1.303°W / 51.675; -1.303Coordinates: 51°40′30″N 1°18′11″W / 51.675°N 1.303°W / 51.675; -1.303

Shippon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, 1 mile west of Abingdon. It is the largest village in the civil parish of St Helen Without, in Vale of White Horse District. It was in Berkshire until transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974.

Dalton Barracks are located in the village.

The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as Scipene, meaning "cattle-shed". It was a manor in the large parish of St Helen's, Abingdon, and was held by Abingdon Abbey until the Dissolution in 1538. It was then acquired by the Duchy of Cornwall, which still owns it. Shippon became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1865. The parish church of St Mary Magdalene was built in 1855 to a design of Gilbert Scott.