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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Shelton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "SHELTON, a parish, with a village, in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk; 3¾ miles E by S of Forncett [railway] station, and 5¼ N by W of Harleston. Post town: Long Stratton. Acres: 1,292. Real property: £2,260. Population: 192. Houses: 43. The property is divided chiefly among three. The living is a rectory, united with Hardwick, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £650. Patron: B. Frank, Esq. The church is good; and there is a national school."
As can be seen by the above quotation, even in 1870 there were links between Shelton and Hardwick. In 1935 Hardwick was abolished as a civil parish and absorbed into Shelton. With the alteration to municipal structure in 1974, the combined parish was renamed Shelton and Hardwick. This is the parish that Wikipedia describes below:
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Shelton and Hardwick is a civil parish in the South Norfolk District of Norfolk, made up of the villages of Shelton and Hardwick. It lies about 3 km south-east of Long Stratton, about 6 km north of Harleston and 10 km west of Bungay. It covers an area of 8.90 km2 (3.44 sq mi) and had a population of 283 in 107 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing the population at the 2011 UK census to 298.
Hardwick has a church (which is famous locally for its ruined tower), as well as several farms and a substantial amount of housing. It was also home to a Royal Air Force airfield, which was used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Shelton. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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