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Shipton-on-Cherwell is a village in Oxfordshire , England near Kidlington just north of the city of Oxford , on the River Cherwell . It is also close to the Oxford Canal . The artist William Turner of Oxford (1789–1862) lived there for a while from 1804 in the manor house with his uncle, also William Turner. He was married there in 1824 and is buried in the churchyard with his wife. In 1896, a memorial Chancel Screen was installed in the church, which he designed, with a brass plaque reading "''Erected in memory of William Turner of Oxford, Water Colour Painter and architect of this church.''" The Shipton-on-Cherwell Train Crash was a major Rail Accident on the Great Western Railway that occurred on 24 December 1874 . The manor house became The Manor Studio , owned by Richard Branson and used as a Recording Studio for Virgin Records . Albums recorded there included '' Tubular Bells '' by Mike Oldfield (1972–73) and '' Born Again '' by Black Sabbath (1983). In 1995, it was closed as a recording studio by EMI , by then the owner of Virgin Records. To the west is the small town of Woodstock . Immediately to the south is the village of Thrupp . EXTERNAL LINKS
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