Shelford, Little (All Saints)
SHELFORD, LITTLE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Chesterton, hundred of Thriplow, county of Cambridge, 5½ miles (S. by E.) from Cambridge; containing 527 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Granta, which divides it from Great Shelford, and on the road from London to Cambridge. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 9. 7.; net income, £370; patron and incumbent, the Rev. H. Finch. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under acts of inclosure, in 1798 and 1813. In the chancel of the church is a monument to Sir John de Treville, a Knight Templar, and lord of the manor, with his figure in a recumbent position: a skeleton encased in lead was dug up near the altar in 1824, the hair of it being in a perfect state. There is a place of worship for Independents. Near the bridge over the Granta was anciently a hermitage.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.