Dave, Following Hugh's clue, you may be interested in this quote from The Life and Times of Anthony Wood: " Length and Breadth of the City of Oxford. Twyne XXI. 802 gives the measurements as taken by him in 1 6 2 1 . ' Length', from Osney mill to the end of Bollshipton farm-house * in St. Clement's is 104 perches; breadth, from St. Giles Church to Fryar Bacon's study, 64 perches.' This seems intended for the utmost dimension of the City, including the suburbs : beyond the points mentioned the open country began. " In other words, in 1621, Bollshipton farmhouse effectively defined the Eastern extremity of Oxford's built-up area along the road to London. Cheers, Bob ----------------------------- On Mar 12 2012, Hugh Kearsey wrote: Dave, This is a possibility ! The "Place Names of Oxfordshire" quotes a Bolles Shypeyn (or Shipton)situated in Headington, but now lost. The ruins of the building there was pulled down when Oxford was garrisoned in the Civil War. The name was noted on a map dated 1605. Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beames" To: "OXFORD" Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 5:07 PM Subject: [OXF] Heeelp -- anyone heard of Pole Shippud? > Hi all > > In connection with the OFHS Wills Library, I have been sent the 1605 will > of one Vincent RAYMAN of "Pole Shippud near Oxford" > The transcriber has "Pole Tippud", but the OHC Index of wills etc has > "Pole Shippud" > > Either way, please would anyone like to have a guess at what and where it > might have been? > The word "shepherd" comes to mind, but doesn't seem to help. > > DaveB > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message