Shelley Essex Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

SHELLEY, a parish in Ongar district, Essex; 1¾ mile N of Ongar r. station. Post-town, Ongar, under Brentwood. Acres, 600. Real property, £1,088. Pop., 178. Houses, 40. The property is subdivided. S. Hall, a Tudor edifice, is the seat of J. Tomlinson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £241. Patron, J. Tomlinson, Esq. The church was re-built in 1811. The rectory-house was the place where Bishop Newton wrote his Commentaries. Charities, £13

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].