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"SHELLINGFORD, (or Shillingford), a parish in the hundred of Ganfield, county Berks, 3 miles S.E. of Great Faringdon, its post town, and 7 from Highworth. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the river Ock, and is wholly agricultural. About two-thirds of the land are in pasture, and the remainder arable and woodland. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Oxford, value £497. The church, dedicated to St. Luke (sic, it is in fact dedicated to St. Faith!) is an ancient structure containing several ancient tombs, among which is one to John de Blewberry, a former rector, bearing date 1372, and one to the late Lord Ashbrook. There are day and Sunday schools. T. M. Goodlake, Esq., is lord of the manor.
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.
Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.
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| Shellingford, Congregational |
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Congregational Chapel: Founded 1830, now closed? For early history, see The History of the Congregational Churches in the Berks, etc
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Shellingford to another place.
- Shellingford was in the hundred of Ganfield
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU313933 (Lat/Lon: 51.63764, -1.54912), Shellingford which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Shellingford was in the Faringdon Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.