OS Grid Reference: 52°38'N 0°53'E
Name Origin: the first element might be a derivative of Old English sceap sheep, analagous to eowde from eowu ewe. If so, scipdham would mean homestead or village with a sheep-cote or flock of sheep.
LAND OF THE KING
LAND OF THE KING OF WHICH GODRIC HAS CUSTODY
The Hundred of MITFORD
In Cranworth and in SCIPDHAM 1 Freeman of Stow (Bedon) held 30 acres of land. Meadow, 8 acres; woodland, 3 pigs. Value 2s.
Robert Blunt had them, but Godric never had.SOUTH ERPINGHAM Hundred
Gyrth held AYLSHAM before 1066
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1 outlier, SCHIPEDANA, appertains to the manor, 1 carucate of land. Always 4 villagers. Then 4 smallholders, later and now 2. Always 1 plough in lordship; 1 men's plough; meadow, ½ acre; woodland, 8 pigs.LANDS OF WILLIAM OF WARENNE
MITFORD Hundred
In SCIPDHAM 11 free men, as 1 carucate of land. 3 smallholders. Meadow, 10 acres. Woodland, then 60 pigs, now 40. Then 5 ploughs, later and now 4. Value then 30s; now 40s.
½ church, 8 acres.
1 league in length and 5 furlangs in width, tax of 15d. And (South)burgh has 6 furlings in length and 5 in width, tax of 15d. Letton pays the same. All of this is by exchange of Lewes.
[cf IE In LETTON, (South)BURGH, SHIPDHAM AND THUXTON 13 Freemen whom William of Warenne holds.
W holds in SHIPDHAM the land of 7 men from the lordship]
LANDS OF HERMER
The Hundred and a Half of MITFORD
In SCIPPEDANA Adelhelm holds; 1 Freeman, 16 acres of land. Value 4s.
ANNEXATIONS IN NORFOLK
The annexation of Baynard
MITFORD Hundred and a Half
In SCIPEDEHAM William of Warenne's men hold 44 acres which Brodo and Alwin held from the King before 1066. 1 smallholder. ½ plough. Then woodland, 40 pigs, now 20. Meadow, 4 acres. Value 8s and 3 half pence.
This was always of the King's manor of Saham. They did not have a deliverer so the Hundred testify.
A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831:
SHIPDHAM, a parish in the hundred of MITFORD, county of NORFOLK, 4¾ miles (S.W. by S.) from East Dereham, containing 1642 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the kings's books at £27. 7. 6., and in the patronage of the Rev. B. Barker. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stately pile, with a strong western tower embattled and crowned with a handsome turret. Thomas Bullock, in 1735, bequeathed land, producing upwards of £45, for teaching the poor children of the parish. There was anciently a hermitage within the parish, with a chapel dedicated to St. Thomas à Becket, for the repair of which the Bishop of Ely, in 1487, granted forty days' indulgence to all who might contribute.
History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk White, 1845:
SHIPDHAM is an extensive village, with many neat modern houses, detached from each other, and extending upwards of a mile in length, 5 miles S. by W. of East Dereham; but the parish extends within two miles of that town, and is 5 miles long, containing 4516 acres, and having increased its population since the year 1801, from 1250 to 1861 souls. The Bishop of Ely, who built a great hall here, obtained in the 29th of Henry III, a charter for a weekly market on Thursday, and a fair on St. Peter and St. Paul's day; but the former has long been obsolete, and the latter is now a stock fair, held on the 29th and 30th of June. The Cambridge University's manor of Caston Hall, T. T. Adlington, Esq.'s manor of Massingham, and W Brown, Esq.'s manor of Bonnetts-and-Bayleys, extend into this parish but the principal landowners are W. Birch, Esq., T. T. Clarke, Esq., Misses Bullock, and the Rev. Benj. Barker. The Church (All Saints) is a large, handsome fabric, with a strong embattled tower, and six bells. The interior is neatly pewed, and has several neat monuments to the Bullock, Lane, Deval, and other families. The benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £27. 7s. 6d., and in 1831 at £1140, and is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Benj. Barker. The tithes were commuted in 1845. Here are three Chapels, belonging to the Independents, and the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. Shipdham FREE SCHOOL was built in 1749 on part of the town land, and is endowed with a farm of 46A. 3R. 3P., bequeathed by Thomas Bullock, Esq. in 1735, for the support of a master, to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, gratis, to the poor children of the parish. The farm is now let for £70 a year, out of which about £10 is deducted yearly for repairs, and the interest of £56, borrowed towards paying the enclosure expenses; and the remainder is paid to the master, who teaches about 100 free scholars, recommended by the Misses Bullock or the rector. The TOWN ESTATE consists of seven tenements, a barn, a house and garden, and about 28 acres of land in this parish, and a farm of 47A. at Reymerstone, let at rents amounting to about £120 per annum, which is applied in discharging the churchwardens' accounts, except about £7, which is distributed among the poor. That part of the estate in Shipdham, was aquired by gift or purchase, during the 16th century, for the general use of the parish, but the farm at Reymerstone was purchased in 1650, for £648, of which £60 was left to the poor by the Rev. William Hattersley, and others. The FUEL ALLOTMENTS, awarded at the enclosure, in 1809, comprise 126A. 1R. 30P., let for about £120 per annum, which is distributed in coals among the poor parishioners, who have also the yearly doles of £2. 5s. from Mowting's Charity, and £2 left by Thomas Masters, in 1716.
POST OFFICE at West End: Miss Sarah Mendham, postmistress; Mail Cart from Thetford to East Dereham, at 8 mg; ret ¼ p 5 aft
West End: Mendham Thos. parish clerk and agent to Norwich Union and Hail Storm Insurance Offices
Marked 1, are at East End; 2, Market Street; 3, West End; 4, Hingham Road; and 5, near the Church
3 Bagge Hugh, constable, &c. 1 Skipper Daniel 3 Nurse Henry 5 Barker Rev Benj., M.A., Recrtory 3 Stagg John Page James 5 Bird Michl. hair dresser & glover 5 Tye Mary 1 Peck Fuller 2 Bird Rhoda, glover 2 Tuck Edward 3 Peck Susan 5 Bullock Misses D., C., & M. Blacksmiths 3 Pitcher John 1 Bunn William, poulterer 3 Barnes Bnbs. 1 Riches Fras. 5 Burr Jas. vetinary surgeon 2 Cannell David 1 Ringer Michael 5 Butcher John, gent. 2 Clark John 1 Rix John, High House Bagge Mrs 1 Farrow Wm. 3 Tash Henry 2 Clark Thos. poulterer 3 Gill Thomas 3 Tash Robert 3 Clemence Jas. appraiser, &c. 2 Tuck Edward 3 Twiss Joseph 4 Coker Fuller, building surveryor Builders 2 Vassar Jabez 2 Clouting Tobias, gentleman 2 Butcher Wm, (and architect) 1 Wigg Wm. 4 Hall Mrs Jane Newyear 5 Goss John 1 Wyatt Thos. 1 Hunt Wm. cattle dealer & drover 4 Rivett Thos. Grocers & Drapers 2 Matthew Rev Jas. (Independent) Butchers (* Ironmongers) 5 Morris Saml. gent. Den House 5 Andrews Wm. 3 Bunn Eliz 4 Payne Mr Geo 3 Bagge Thos. 3*Bunn Sarah Oldfield Mrs Ann 2 Savage Eliz. 5 Buskall Goddard 3 Skinner Sarah, straw hat maker 3 Tuck George 2 Harwood Saml. 2 Stacey Sarah, druggist 3 Tuck Robert 2 Littleproud Sophia 3 Stacey William, cooper Carpenters 3 Lock Stephen 4 Tinkler Mr Henry 2 Bagge James 5*Winkfield Geo. Henry 3 Verdon Thomas poulterer 4 Cushing John Plumbers, Painters, &c. 5 Wenham James, watch maker 5 Meachen and Edgley 2 Fuller Robert 5 Young Mrs Mary 4 Rivett Thos. 1 Green Charles Frederick INNS AND TAVERNS Corn Millers 3 High Wm. 3 Cricket Players, Sarah Mulley 1 Buckenham Jas. Saddlers 3 Crown, William Sare 1 Littleproud Jas. 3 Abell George 5 Golden Dog Inn, Geo. Chamberlain FARMERS 2 Skipper Henry Swan, Anthony Eagling 3 Abbott Jonth. Shoemakers Academies 1 Bailey John 3 Backler John 1 Bloom, Thomas 3 Bales John 2 Brett John 5 Lee Francis & Elizabeth 1 Baxter James 2 Clark Wm. 5 Young Robert 3 Bone Robert 2 Harwood Wm. 5 Young Jane 1 Bushell David 2 Holman Isaac Bakers 3 Catton John 3 Lock Stephen 4 Barker John 1 Catton Wm. 2 Rumble Thos. 3 Catton John 3 Clark James 5 Watling Geo. 3 Grint Alfred, corn merchant 3 Cocks Francis Surgeons 2 Gilding Mary 3 Copeland Robt. 2 Clouting John R. (& registrar) 3 Hunter Robert 1 Cordy John (& cattle dealer) 3 Emerson Wm. Ckarles 2 Littleproud Jas 1 Cordy Sarah Tailors Beer Houses 3 Edwards Robt. 2 Cross James 5 Haws John 3 Gooch Robert 3 Mendham Ts. 2 Cannell David 1 Goff James 3 Sare Wm. 1 Meachen Timy 3 Goring Chas. 2 Tuck James 3 Richardson Jas 1 Margeson Abm. Wheelwrights 1 Randall Thos. 3 Maidwell Thos. (& corn mert.) 2 Clark John 3 Stratton Robt. 1 Meachen John 3 Cox Joseph COACH from the Dog Inn, to London, M., W. and Fri 8 mg.; & to Holt, Tues., Thurs., and Sat. 6½ evg.
CARRIERS to Norwich, Ths. Clark, Mon. & Thu.; & Peter Trollop, Mon. and Friday
To London, &c. Deacon and Co's Van, from the Dog Inn, Tu. and Fri.; and Bacons & Ball's Van, from the White Horse, Monday and Thursday mgs.
The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, ed J.H.F.Brabner, 1895:
Shipdham, a large village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 3¾ miles SW by W of Yaxham station on the Wymondham and Dereham section of the G.E.R., and 4½ SW by S of East Dereham; was once a market town, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Watton (S.O.) The parish comprises 4634 acres; population, 1471. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. A temperance hall was erected in 1875, which is now used as a town-hall. A market hall was built here by a bishop of Ely in the time of Henry III., and a hermitage of Thomas a Becket was here about 1490. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £640 with residence. The church is a large building of flint and stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled westerntower with spire. It contains two good stained windows, and a very beautiful ancient lectern of wood. It was restored in 1884-87, and again in 1889-90. There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, a public cemetery of about 2 acres in extent with a mortuary chapel, fuel allotments of about 126 acres worth £100 a year, a town estate worth about £30 a year, an endowed elementary school, and some small charities.
Trees & Woodland in the British Landscape Oliver Rackham, 1990:
- ... Woodless places might get timber from local non-woodland trees, or from woods twenty miles and more away. For example, the woodless Breckland parish of Brandon, belonging to the Bishop of Ely, used local black and white poplar trees, and drew timber from the Bishop's woods at Shipdham and Hitcham, 18 and 29 road miles away.
- ... Where, as a Shipdham, a large Domesday pannage record coincides with a large thirteenth-century coppice-wood, it is likely that the wood was converted to coppicing before its structure had been too far damaged by grazing.
Associated Families: Carr Wigg
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