Shelley Essex Family History Guide

Shelley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1687
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800

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Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Shelley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Shelley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Essex, Shelley – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shelley, 1639-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shelley (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Shelley, 1800-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shelley (Essex)

Parish registers for Shelley, 1687-1957
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shelley (Essex); Essex Record Office

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