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Shelve (All Saints)

SHELVE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Clun, hundred of Chirbury, S. division of Salop, 7¾ miles (N. by E.) from Bishop's-Castle; containing 69 inhabitants. The parish is situated on an eminence nearly 500 feet above the level of the sea, and contains numerous veins of lead-ore, which is considered to vie in richness with any in England: one of the mines was worked by the Romans in the time of Adrian, as is evident from an inscription on a pig of lead found in the vicinity. A market on Friday, and a fair on the festival of the Invention of the Cross, were granted to the inhabitants by Henry III. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £2. 13. 4., and in the gift of Robert Bridgeman More, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £42, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is a small ancient structure, with a square tower; it has been repewed.

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

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