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Shelsley Beauchamp
Shelsley Beauchamp or Great Shelsley is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) north west of Worcester, in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 192. It is on the opposite bank of the River Teme to Shelsley Walsh. The parish touches Clifton upon Teme, Great Witley, Martley, Shelsley Kings and Shelsley Walsh. It shares a parish council with Shelsley Kings and Shelsley Walsh called the Shelsley Parish Council.

It was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.

Features

There are 23 listed buildings in Shelsley Beauchamp. Shelsley Beauchamp has a church called All Saints which is of 14th century origin.

History

The name "Beauchamp" comes from the Beauchamps who held Shelsley Beauchamp in the 12th century.

References

  1. ^ "Shelsley Beauchamp". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Distance from Shelsley Beauchamp [52.264493, 2.397042]". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Shelsley Beauchamp". City Population De. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ^ Tim Bridges Churches of Worcestershire Logaston Press, Herefordshire 2000 rev ed. 2005 p204 ISBN 1 904396 39 9
  5. ^ "Shelsley Beauchamp". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Shelsley Beauchamp Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. ^ Morgan 2011, p. 20.
  8. ^ "Listed buildings in Shelsley Beauchamp, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  9. ^ "All Saints". A Church Near You. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  10. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus and Brooks, Alan Worcestershire 2007 Yale University Press, London p592 ISBN 9780300112986
  11. ^ Eilert Ekwall (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. Clarendon Press, 1960. p. 416. ISBN 0198691033. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  • Morgan, Vanessa (2011), Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press
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