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Shelton (St. Mary)

SHELTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Defwade, E. division of Norfolk, 2½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Long Stratton; containing 215 persons. This place was anciently the property of the Sheltons, who were owners of the Hall, a castellated structure long since pulled down. From that family the estate passed to Sir Robert Houghton, one of the justices of the king's bench. The parish is a little to the east of the road from Norwich to Ipswich, and comprises 1301a. 2r. 6p., of which 1024 acres are arable, and 267 pasture. The living is a rectory, with that of Hardwick annexed, valued in the king's books at £8, and in the gift of F. B. Frank, Esq.: the tithes of the two parishes have been commuted for £640, and there is a glebe of 43 acres, with a neat parsonage-house. The church, built by Sir Ralph Shelton about 1487, is an interesting edifice in the later English style, consisting of a nave, chancel, and aisles, with a square embattled tower; the interior is of rich and handsome appearance.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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