Sheldon, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Sheldon, a parish, with a village, in Warwickshire, 1½ mile SW of Marston Green station on the L. & N.W.R., 5 miles SW of Coleshill, and 6 SE of Birmingham. Post town, Birmingham; money order and telegraph office, Yardley. Acreage, 2619; population, 448. Sheldon Hall was formerly the seat of the Devereux family, and is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £400 with residence. The church is ancient and was restored in 1867. There is a good public library.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Sheldon St. Giles | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| Poor Law union | Meriden |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Sheldon:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1558-1900 | 1558-1899 | 1558-1900 |
Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sheldon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sheldon (St. Giles))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Sheldon 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 Warwickshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.