SHIPTON GORGE PARISH COUNCIL

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During the English Civil War the Coplestone family supported the King and their lands were confiscated and it was about this time that Shipton Gorge became the property of the Strangways family, also Royalists, who later became the Fox Strangways and Earls of Ilchester. They continued to own the village until 1910 when it was sold off in lots... My other memory of that day in 1963 was of Hazel and me then making our way through the snow up to Bonscombe Farm, which was then owned by Mr and Mrs Hill who lived there with their son Michael. The snow had drifted right along the front of the farmhouse, covering the ground floor doors and windows. We helped the family to get out of the house by climbing down from the first floor on ladders, with us holding on to them in the freezing cold so that they wouldn't slip in the snowy ground. No vehicles were able to get out of the village for days and the first one that did was an old Jowett Javelin owned by Bob Chaplin, Hazel's older brother, and..

Also known as: Shipton Gorge, SHIPTON GORGE HERITAGE LIMITED

Previous names: SHIPTON GORGE LIMITED

Registration numbers: 05883056 (CH)

Primary location: Shipton Gorge United Kingdom