Nottinghamshire

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Shelton

"Shelton parish and village is pleasantly situated on the west bank of the Smite, 7 miles south by west of Newark. It has a population of 102 persons and 840 acres of land. The principal owners are Robert Hall Esq., Rev. Joseph Banks Wright and Mr William Hemsley, the former of whom is lord of the manor, and resides at the Manor House. Shelton Hall is a neat, modern mansion, the seat and property of the Rev. Joseph Banks Wright.
The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St Mary, and was partly rebuilt and new pewed in 1831, at the cost of £400. The rectory, valued in the King's books at £6 14s 4½d, now £322, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. John Ince Maltby M.A., who has 40 acres of glebe. The father of Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, was buried here. The poor have £9 per annum from 4 acres of land at Aslacton, purchased by £30 left in 1744 by the Rev. George Bardhope."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
  
  
• The church was originally built in the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was partially rebuilt in 1831.
  
  
• The church tower was demolished and replaced with a bellcote in 1837.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1878.
  
  
• The church is a Grade 2 listed historical building.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1690.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Newark.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7844.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The parish was in the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	73
1851	119
1881	116
1901	104

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