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[[File:PhillimoreIsland01.JPG|right|thumb|Phillimore Island from the Shiplake bank]]
[[File:PhillimoreIsland01.JPG|right|thumb|Phillimore Island from the Shiplake bank]]
'''Phillimore Island''' is an elongated island in the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]] near the villages of [[Shiplake]], Oxfordshire and [[Wargrave]], [[Berkshire]]. It is on the reach above [[Shiplake Lock]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The River Thames Book | publisher=Imray Laurai Norie & Wilson | author=Cove-Smith, Chris | year=1996 | location=St Ives, Cambridgeshire | page=92 (Map 14) | isbn=0-85288-286-6}}</ref>
'''Phillimore Island''' is an elongated island in the [[River Thames]] in the county of [[Berkshire]], England, near the villages of [[Shiplake]], [[Oxfordshire]] and [[Wargrave]], Berkshire. It is on the reach above [[Shiplake Lock]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The River Thames Book | publisher=Imray Laurai Norie & Wilson | author=Cove-Smith, Chris | year=1996 | location=St Ives, Cambridgeshire | page=92 (Map 14) | isbn=0-85288-286-6}}</ref>


The island is named after the [[Baron Phillimore|Phillimore]] family who were formerly the owners of Shiplake House, now [[Shiplake College]], on the Oxfordshire bank.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker, Fred S. (1920). ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs''. Republished 1968, David & Charles.</ref>
The island is named after the [[Baron Phillimore|Phillimore]] family who were formerly the owners of Shiplake House, now [[Shiplake College]], on the Oxfordshire bank.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker, Fred S. (1920). ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs''. Republished 1968, David & Charles.</ref>


Although Phillimore island is quite centrally located in the River Thames, it is actually in Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite book |title=Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham: Street AZ Atlas |publisher=Geographer' A-Z Map Company | year=1995 | page=15 |isbn=0-85039-277-2}}</ref>
Phillimore Island is quite centrally located in the River Thames.<ref>{{cite book |title=Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham: Street AZ Atlas |publisher=Geographer' A-Z Map Company | year=1995 | page=15 |isbn=0-85039-277-2}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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== External links ==
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* [http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.asp?index=13&main_query=&theme=&period=&county=&district=&place_name=Shiplake&imageUID=53441 Photograph] by [[Henry Taunt]] from [[English Heritage]]
* [http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.asp?index=13&main_query=&theme=&period=&county=&district=&place_name=Shiplake&imageUID=53441 Photograph] by [[Henry Taunt]] from [[English Heritage]]


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[[Category:Islands of Oxfordshire]]
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Latest revision as of 12:56, 8 October 2018

Phillimore Island from the Shiplake bank

Phillimore Island is an elongated island in the River Thames in the county of Berkshire, England, near the villages of Shiplake, Oxfordshire and Wargrave, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock.[1]

The island is named after the Phillimore family who were formerly the owners of Shiplake House, now Shiplake College, on the Oxfordshire bank.[2]

Phillimore Island is quite centrally located in the River Thames.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cove-Smith, Chris (1996). The River Thames Book. St Ives, Cambridgeshire: Imray Laurai Norie & Wilson. p. 92 (Map 14). ISBN 0-85288-286-6.
  2. ^ Fred. S. Thacker, Fred S. (1920). The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs. Republished 1968, David & Charles.
  3. ^ Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham: Street AZ Atlas. Geographer' A-Z Map Company. 1995. p. 15. ISBN 0-85039-277-2.

External links[edit]

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