Tiptree (other)
Tiptree is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. Tiptree may also refer to: *Tiptree United F.C., a former football club based in Tiptree *Tiptree railway station, a former railway station in Tiptree * James Tiptree Jr., pen name of American science fiction and fantasy author Alice Bradley Sheldon (1915–1987) **James Tiptree, Jr. Award, annual science fiction award now known as the Otherwise Award * Tiptree fruit preserves, the primary brand of Wilkin & Sons Wilkin & Sons Limited is a manufacturer of preserves, marmalades and associated products established in Tiptree, Essex, England in 1885, and known for its "Tiptree" brand of fruit preserves. History The Wilkin family came to Tiptree, Essex an ...

Tiptree
Tiptree is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Essex, situated south-west of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham. The area was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Woodland for Swine as part of the Great Forest of Essex, until the 1200s when King John ordered deforestation. An area of over 1,000 acres of wasteland became known as the land of heath and thief frequented by smugglers, vagabonds and thieves. From records and maps the following were names for the area: Tipentrie, Typpetre, Tippetre, Typeltre, Typetre, Tiptre Heth, Tiptree Comon and heath. The name could mean "Tippa's tree". or the town of the Prior of Tipper, the celtic term for town being try and a Prior of Tiptree Priory or house having been given licence to impark sixty acres of his own soil within the Forest of Essex. ...
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Tiptree Railway Station
Tiptree railway station was on the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, serving the village of Tiptree, Essex, England. The station was from Kelvedon Low Level railway station. The station was opened in 1904. It was closed, along with the rest of the line for passengers, on 7 May 1951. A short siding ran from the station into the Wilkin & Sons Wilkin & Sons Limited is a manufacturer of preserves, marmalades and associated products established in Tiptree, Essex, England in 1885, and known for its "Tiptree" brand of fruit preserves. History The Wilkin family came to Tiptree, Essex an ... jam factory for freight traffic. The section between the jam factory and Kelvedon, through the closed Tiptree station, continued in use for freight traffic until 28 September 1962. References External links Tiptree station on navigable 1946 O. S. map Disused railway stations in Essex Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1904 Rail ...
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James Tiptree Jr
Alice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr. (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987), was an American science fiction and fantasy author. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a pen name of a woman, which she used from 1967 until her death. From 1974 to 1985, she also occasionally used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon. Tiptree was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012. Tiptree's debut story collection, '' Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home'', was published in 1973 and her first novel, ''Up the Walls of the World'', was published in 1978. Her other works include the 1973 novelette " The Women Men Don't See", the 1974 novella " The Girl Who Was Plugged In", the 1976 novella " Houston, Houston, Do You Read?", the 1985 novel ''Brightness Falls from the Air'', and the 1974 short story "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever". Early life, family and education Alice Hastings Bradley came from a family in the intellectual ...
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James Tiptree, Jr
Alice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr. (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987), was an American people, American science fiction and fantasy author. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a pen name of a woman, which she used from 1967 until her death. From 1974 to 1985, she also occasionally used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon. Tiptree was inducted into the EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012. Tiptree's debut story collection, ''Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home'', was published in 1973 and her first novel, ''Up the Walls of the World'', was published in 1978. Her other works include the 1973 novelette "The Women Men Don't See", the 1974 novella "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", the 1976 novella "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?", the 1985 novel ''Brightness Falls from the Air'', and the 1974 short story "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever". Early life, family and educatio ...
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