Shelsley Walsh (or Little Shelsley), par., AYorcester-
shire, on river Teme, opposite Shelsley Beauchamp,
468 ac., pop. 40.

Shelswcll, par., Oxfordshire, 6 miles N. of Bicester,
822 ac., pop. 42; contains Shelswell Park, seat.

Shelton.—par., Bedfordshire, 4 miles AY. of Kim-
bolton, 1080 ac., pop. 149.—2. Shelton, par. and vil.,
Norfolk, 5 miles N. of Harleston, 1292 ac., pop. 142.—

3. Shelton, par. and vil., Notts, 6 miles S. of Newark,
740 ac., pop. 116.—4. Shelton, eccl. dist., Stoke upon
Trent par., Staffordshire, pop. 13,082 ; contains Etruria,
and forms a part of the ‘ ‘ Potteries. ”—5. Shelton,
Shropshire. See Oxon and Shelton.

Shelton Abbey, seat of the Earl of Wicklow, S. co.
Wicklow, on river Ovoca, 2 miles NW. of Arklow.

Shelvard, East and West, 2 hamlets, in Foulness
island, Essex, 7 miles E. of Rochford.

Shelve, par., Shropshire, 7 miles N. of Bishops Castle,
1285 ac., pop. 153.

Shelwick, hamlet, in co. and 2 miles N. of Hereford.

Shendlsh Honse, seat, 2 miles NW. of Kings
Langley sta., Herts.

Shentield, par. and vil., Essex, 1 mile NE. of Brent-
wood, 2459 ac., pop. 1481.

Shenick’s Island, 1 mile SE. of Skerries, NE. co.
Dublin ; has a martello tower.

Shenington, par. and vil., Oxfordshire—par., 1628
ac., pop. 385; vil., 6 miles NAY. of Banbury; P.O.

Slicnley.—par., Bucks, 4 miles SE. of Stony Strat-
ford, 3321 ac., pop. 403.—2. Shenley, par. and vil.,
Herts—par., 4090 ac., pop. 1321; vil., 5 miles NAV. of
Barnet; P.O., T.O.; Shenley House and Shenley Lodge
are seats.

Shenley Brook End and Shenley Church End, 2

townships, Shenley par., Bucks—Shenley Brook End,
1659 ac., pop. 2i9; Shenley Church End, 1662 ac.,
pop. 184.

Shennas, school, Ballantrae par., Ayrshire.

Shenstone, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Staffordshire—
par. (partly in Brownhills local government dist.), 8451
ac.,pop. 248S ; vil., 3 miles S. of Lichfield; P.O.; Shen-
stone Lodge and Shenstone Park are seats.

Shcnton, township and vil. with ry. sta., Market
Bosworth par., Leicestershire, 2 miles S. of Market
Bosworth, pop. 210; P.O.; near the vil. is Shenton
Hall, seat.

Shephall, par. and vil., Herts, 2g miles SE. of
Stevenage, 1156 ac., pop. 221; near the vil. is Shephall
Bury, seat.

Shcpherdine, hamlet, Thornbury par., Gloucester-
shire, on river Severn, 4 miles SW. of Berkeley.

Shepherd’s Bush, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Hammer-
smith par. and bor., Middlesex, pop. 4000; the sta. is 2§
miles SAY. of Paddington sta.

Shepherd’s Chine, chasm, in AY. coast of Isle of
AVight, 2 miles SE. of Brixton.

Shepherd’s Crag, perpendicular cliff, Lodore, Cum-
berland.

Shepherd's Well, ry. sta., Kent, 7 miles NW. of
Dover; P.O., T.o. See Sibertswold.

Sheplcgh Court, seat, Devon; post-town, Black-
awton.

Shepley, small town and township with ry. sta.,
Kirkburton par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles
SE. of Huddersfield, 1247 ac., pop. 1593; P.O., T.O.;
has woollen mfrs.

Shepperton. — hamlet, Abbotsham par., Devon, 2
miles AY. of Bideford.—2. Shepperton, par. and vil.
with ry. sta., in SAY. of Middlesex—par., 1492ac., pop.
1285 ; vil., on river Thames, 2 miles E. of Chertsey and
19 miles SAA⁷. of London; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Upper
Shepperton; is resorted to by anglers and boating
men. Shepperton Manor House is 2 miles NE. of
the sta.

Sheppey, hundred, Scray lathe, Kent, 17,708 ac.,
pop. 17,842.

Sheppey, Isle of, island, off N. coast of Kent, at
mouth of river Thames, separated from the main-
land by the Swale and by the estuary of the Medway,
22,451 ac., 897 tidal water and 6502 foreshore, pop.
18,204. Sheppey is 9 miles long and 5 broad; it con-
tains 7 pars. (2 of which, Harty and Elmley, are them-
selves islands) and the town of Sheerness. The surface

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