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Shelley, Essex

Historical Description

Shelley, a village and a parish in Essex, 1½ mile N of Ongar station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Ongar, under Brentwood. Acreage, 609; population, 186. Shelley Hall is an ancient and picturesque Tudor mansion, originally erected in the latter part of the 16th century, and thoroughly restored in 1869. The manor belongs to the Thomlinson family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Albans; net value, £155 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1888 and is a building of flint in. The Early English style. The rectory-house was the place where Bishop Newton wrote his Commentaries.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyEssex 
Ecclesiastical parishShelley St. Peter 
HundredOngar 
Poor Law unionOngar 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.

The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictEpping Forest
CountyEssex
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCM5
Post TownOngar

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