In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shelley like this:
SHELLEY, a parish, with a village, in Samford district, Suffolk; 2¾ miles S of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Hadleigh, under Ipswich. Acres, 928. Real property, £1,248. Pop., 142. Houses, 28. The manor belongs to Mrs. Cripps. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £72. Patron, Mrs. Cripps. The church is ancient.
Shelley through time
Shelley is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shelley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shelley, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7671
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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