Shelley

Other current and historical names

Senleia

Built-Up Area: Chipping Ongar
Parish/Community: Ongar
District/Borough: Epping Forest
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°42'54"N 0°14'42"E
Eastings/Northings: 555205, 204193
OS Grid: TL552041
Mapcode Local: GBR MGS.GTG
Mapcode Global: VHHMP.65H3

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Shelley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Shelley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Shelley.-- par. and vil., Essex, 1½ mile NW. of Ongar, 609 ac., pop. 200; Shelley Hall is a Tudor edifice.

Shelley in the Domesday Book

A village in Ongar hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofday
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 150 pigs

British Place Names

Shelley, Essex

Shelley is a village in Chipping Ongar, Essex

Shelley in historic gazetteers

Shelley in the Domesday Book