History

In 1974 our Parish was transferred from Berkshire. The parish was created by the Local Government Act 1894, by the division of the parish of Abingdon St. Helen. The part inside Abingdon Municipal Borough became part of Abingdon parish, whilst that part outside became St. Helen Without. It became part of the Abingdon Rural District of Berkshire in 1894, and then part of the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire under the Local Government Act 1972.

Historic Post Box

On Faringdon Rd, Shippon. “With the accession of Prince Albert Edward as King George VI in 1936, the GPO continued to use up stocks of George V doors as these were simply marked “GR” with no regnal number. It was not until summer 1937 that boxes began to appear bearing the newly approved Royal Cipher of King George VI.” Wikipedia

Church

To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of St May Magdalene Church, Shippon Peter King produced a booklet: “A brief History of Shippon from 1066”Download

Further historical information

St Helen’s Parish at British History Online

The history of Abingdon Airfield and Dalton Barracks has been provided courtesy of Carter Jonas and Wood Plc.