Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHELLEY

SHELLEY, a parish, with a village, in Samford district, Suffolk; 2¾ miles S of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Hadleigh, under Ipswich. Acres, 928. Real property, £1,248. Pop., 142. Houses, 28. The manor belongs to Mrs. Cripps. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £72. Patron, Mrs. Cripps. The church is ancient.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shelley AP/CP       Samford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Shelley

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