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Shelsleys

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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]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 is the largest of the three hamlets of the Shelseys.

Shelsley Kings was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.^[5]

See main entry Shelsley Walsh

• Morgan, Vanessa (2011), Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press
• Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service (14 October 2005), The Worcestershire Clubmen, Worcestershire County Council, archived from the original on 27 March 2009 {{citation}}: External link in |author= (help)

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