Population 350 Civil parish Shipton Gorge Country England Local time Saturday 7:40 PM District West Dorset | OS grid reference SY497915 Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Dorset UK parliament constituency West Dorset | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridport. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350. In the 2011 national census, results have been published for the parish of Shipton Gorge combined with the small neighbouring parish of Chilcombe to the east; the population of these areas was 381.
Map of Shipton Gorge, Bridport, UK
In 1086 in the Domesday Book Shipton Gorge was recorded as Sepetone. The village is named after the de Gorges family who owned the land hundreds of years ago. The parish church of St Martin—which used to be a chapel of Burton Bradstock—was rebuilt in 1862, except for its west tower which dates from around 1400.
The terrain surrounding the village is hilly. Northeast of the village is Shipton Hill, which offers good views of the surrounding countryside from its 170 metres (560 ft) summit. On the hill is evidence of a prehistoric settlement.