Shelley Essex Family History Guide
Shelley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1687
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHELLEY, a parish in Ongar district, Essex; 1¾ mile N of Ongar r. station. Post town, Ongar, under Brentwood.
Acres, 600. Real property, £1,088. Pop., 178. Houses, 40. The property is subdivided. S. Hall, a Tudor edifice, is the seat of J. Tomlinson, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £241. Patron, J. Tomlinson, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1811. The rectory-house was the place where Bishop Newton wrote his Commentaries. Charities, £13.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Ongar
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Ongar
- Poor Law Union: Ongar
- Hundred: Ongar
- Province: Canterbury