of entries to the largest shell-racing regattas on the Thames such as Kingston Regatta and Molesey Regatta. Notable residents Barriemore Barlow, former drummer of Jethro Tull, lives in Shiplake. Robert Hardy (actor) lived in Harpsden Woods from the 1980s onwards. Vince Hill, singer, lives at Lower Shiplake. Mary Hopkin (Welsh singer and Beatles contemporary) moved to Shiplake in 1980. Henry Constantine Jennings, the antiquarian, was born at Shiplake and on 15 August 1731 was baptised in the parish church. Simon Kernick, crime fiction author, lives in Shiplake. Barry Lane (Ryder Cup golfer) moved to Station Road in 2003. Gary Moore, rock musician, lived in Shiplake. Kenneth More (actor) owned Lock End in Shiplake in the 1950s. Shane O'Brien, Gold Medalist at the 1984 games in Los Angeles, rowing for New Zealand, lived in Shiplake and was Deputy Headmaster at Shiplake College. George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, lived in Shiplake. Ian Paice, drummer of rock band Deep Purple, lives in Shiplake. Brian Paterson, creator of Foxwood Tales and Zigby, lives in Shiplake. Urs Schwarzenbach, the financier, has one of his houses at Lower Shiplake. Alfred Tennyson and Emily Sellwood were married in Saints Peter and Paul parish church. Richard Todd (actor) owned Haileywood House (and farm) 1955–67. Antony Worrall Thompson, English restaurateur, celebrity chef, television and radio broadcaster lived in Shiplake, and has family connections to the village going back to 1888. See also The Lords Phillimore (of Shiplake), head of family-owned underlying legal interests of a private housing Kensington network of streets of the same name, is seated at Shiplake. The Phillimore family was granted a UK Peerage in 1918, in addition to the baronetcy created in 1881. Vanderbilt family Nearest places References Bibliography External links Shiplake Villages St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Shiplake Bottom The United Benefice of Shiplake, Dunsden and Harpsden Civil parishes in Oxfordshire Populated places on the River Thames Villages in Oxfordshire