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Phillimore Island

Coordinates: 51°29′53″N 0°53′25″W / 51.49806°N 0.89028°W / 51.49806; -0.89028
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Phillimore Island from the Shiplake bank

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

The island is named after the Phillimore family who were formerly the owners of Shiplake House - now Shiplake College on the Oxfordshire bank.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles

External links

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51°29′53″N 0°53′25″W / 51.49806°N 0.89028°W / 51.49806; -0.89028

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