Shelsleys

52.2739°N 2.4117°W / 52.2739; -2.4117

Shelsleys is located in the United Kingdom
Shelsleys
Shelsleys
Shelsleys

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
See also: History of Worcestershire

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.

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
  1. "History". Teme Triangle. temetriangle.net. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. "Parish Website of Shelsley Beauchamp".
  3. Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service 2005.
  4. Morgan 2011, p. 68.
  5. Morgan 2011, p. 20.

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