SHELSLEY WALSH

Descriptive Notes:
Also known as Little Shelsley [11]
Shelsley Walsh has the oldest motorsport venue in the world that is still used. The first hill climb was started there by the Midland Automobile Club on 12 August 1905.

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1972 to help create The Shelsleys Ecclesiastical Parish. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO722629
10 miles N.W. of Worcester

Parish Church:
St. Andrew

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop & Diocese of Hereford until 1876, Archdeaconry of Ludlow & Diocese of Hereford (1876-1905), Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1905-1972) [25]

Hundred:
Upper Doddingtree [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Shelsley Beauchamp; Clifton on Teme; Stanford on Teme [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1729-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1729-1968	[5]
	Burials	1730-1947	[5]
	Banns	1916-37	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1598-1812 with gaps	[27]

Bishops' Transcripts: Herefordshire Record Office

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1729-1875
	Marriages	1729-1882
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1598-1638; 1663-1729
	Marriages	1600-1630; 1666-1729

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1729/30-1965, Marriages 1729/30-45, 1817, 1828, 1833, 1841-1968, banns 1916-37, Burials 1730-1947 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968
Hereford Diocese marriage licence registers 1663-96, 1709-1843 [with contemporary indexes] [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City Genealogical Society of Utah

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1729-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Directories:
SHELSLEY-WALSH, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER 9 miles (S. W.) from Stourport, containing 57 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £3. 8. 9., and in the patronage of Lord Foley. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 8th February 2010

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