Shell Worcestershire Family History Guide

Shell is an extra-parochial place in the county of Worcestershire

Alternative names: Shelve

Nonconformists included in Shell: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Shell, an extra-parochial tract in Droitwich Registration District, Worcester; 4 miles SE by E of Droitwich. Acres, 410. Pop., 54. Houses, 12.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Shell, a hamlet in the parish of Himbleton, county of Worcester; 4 miles south-east by east of Droitwich. Acres 410. Houses 7. Pop., in 1811, 27; in 1831, 43. Other returns with the parish.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SHELL, or Shelve, an extra-parochial hamlet, in the union of Droitwich, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Droitwich and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (S. E.) from Droitwich; containing 57 inhabitants, and comprising 240 acres. This place is within the parliamentary borough of Droitwich, and shares in the election of the member.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Worcestershire Historical Directories

Directory Transcriptions

Shell Littleburys Directory 1879

Shell, formerly a hamlet in Inkberrow, but near Himbleton (in the church of which parish is a chapel still called Shell chapel), is now a separate parish in the parliamentary borough of Droitwich, 5 miles S.E. of that town, and 8 ¼ N.E. of Worcester; is in the eastern division of the county and hundred of Middle Oswaldslow; highway district of Upton Snodsbury; union, county court, polling district, and petty sessional division of Droitwich; annual rateable value, £434; area of parish, 264 acres; population in 1861, 54; in 1871, 52; inhabited houses, 11.

There are only two farms in the parish. Edward Bearcroft, Esq., of Mere hall, is lord of the manor and owner of the land. There is no church, chapel, or school, the place being for all practical purposes a part of Himbleton.

Postal Regulations. – Letters are received through Droitwich, which is the nearest money-order and telegraph office and post town.

AGRICULTURAL.

Green John, miller and farmer, Shell mill
Merrell James, farmer, Manor farm.

Source: Littlebury, Littlebury’s Directory and Gazetteer of Worcester & District, Third Edition. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. 1879.

Administration

  • County: Worcestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Droitwich
  • Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Droitwich
  • Hundred: Oswaldslow
  • Province: Canterbury
  • Highway District: Upton Snodsbury
  • County Court: Droitwich
  • Polling District: Droitwich
  • Petty Sessional Division: Droitwich