Shelsley Walsh or Little Shelsley, Worcestershire
Historical Description
Shelsley Walsh or Little Shelsley, a parish in Worcestershire, on the river Teme, 6½ miles N of Knightwick station on the G.W.R., 10 NW of Worcester, and 10 SW of Stourport. Post town, Worcester; money order office, Clifton-on-Teme; telegraph office. Great Witley. Acreage, 495; population, 56. The Court House was formerly the residence of Sir John Walsh, sheriff of the county in 1605, who took an active part in the apprehension of persons accused of participation in the Gunpowder Plot. It is a timber-framed mansion, and has been partly rebuilt, but retains part of the moat. The garden contains a very fine specimen of the Himalayan fir. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £100. Patron, the Earl of Dudley. The church is a small but interesting edifice of travertine, built in the 13th century, and restored in 1859. The rood-screen is beautifully carved, and by what is almost a unique arrangement it is returned into the nave so as to enclose a small chantry chapel. There is a wooden altar tomb to Francis Walsh, who died in 1593.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Worcestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Shelsley-Walsh St. Andrew | |
Hundred | Doddingtree | |
Poor Law union | Martley |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Shelsley Walsh or Little Shelsley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Shelsley-Walsh (St. Andrew))
Land and Property
The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.
Maps
Online maps of Shelsley Walsh or Little Shelsley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.