Shelsleys
52°16′26″N 2°24′42″W / 52.2739°N 2.4117°W / 52.2739; -2.4117
The Shelsleys are a group of small villages in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. Situated on either wide of the Teme Valley near the village of Clifton-upon-Teme, they encompass the formerly distinct civil parishes of Shelsley Beauchamp, Shelsley Kings and Shelsley Walsh.[1] The three merged in 1972 and now share a single parish council.[2]
History
Shelsley means "clearing on a slope" from Old English scelf "shelf (of land)" and leāh "wood, clearing". The name was recorded as Scillislege in 948.[citation needed]
Charles Nott, the Parson of Shelsley, was a leader of the Clubmen who in 1645 drew up the Woodbury Declaration, which listed the grievances that local people had at the behaviour of Royalist forces in the area. [3]
Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 the Shelsleys Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.[4]
Shelsley Beauchamp
Shelsley Beauchamp is the largest of the three hamlets of the Shelseys.
Shelsley Kings
Shelsley Kings was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.[5]
Shelsley Walsh
See main entry Shelsley Walsh
Notes
- ^ "History". Teme Triangle. temetriangle.net. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Parish Website of Shelsley Beauchamp".
- ^ Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service 2005.
- ^ Morgan 2011, p. 68.
- ^ Morgan 2011, p. 20.
References
- Morgan, Vanessa (2011), Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press
- Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service (14 October 2005), The Worcestershire Clubmen, Worcestershire County Council, archived from the original on 27 March 2009
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