[3] Until the Victorian era it was alternatively spelt Shobington; it was at about this time that the name changed to its current spelling.

[4] In the reign of Edward the Confessor a Saxon thegn, Wigod of Wallingford, held the manor of Shabbington.

[3] In the Norman conquest of England, Wigod supported the invader William of Normandy and afterwards Wigod gave his daughter Ealdgyth in marriage to the Norman baron Robert D'Oyly, who had Wallingford Castle built.

[3] Robert de Grey, 4th Baron Grey de Rotherfield died in 1388 with no male heir, so when his daughter Joan married John, Lord Deyncourt in 1401, Shabbington joined his estate of Wooburn Deyncourt.

[3] The manor descended with the baronetcy until Sir John Clerke, 4th Baronet sold Shabbington in 1716.

[3] Crewe became sole owner in 1788, succeeded by his widow Elizabeth, who in turn left Shabbington to their son-in-law George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth.

[3] William Beasley bought the manor and 446 acres (180 ha) in 1815 and sold them in 1827 to Sir Edward Blount, 8th Baronet,[3] of Sodington, Worcestershire.

[5][9] In the 18th century the three-bay west range was added[5] as the schoolmaster's accommodation[9] and a gothic east window was inserted in the older part of the building.

[10] The Great Bucks Steam and Country Fair is held at Shabbington each summer in early August.

The chairman Maria Millan said: "A lot of people travel quite far to get here and like it because it has a local feel and is organised by a family and a few friends.