Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHELTON

SHELTON, a parish in the district of St. Neots and county of Bedford; 47½ miles W by N of Kimbolton r. station. Post town, Kimbolton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1,080. Real property, £897. Pop., 143. Houses, 27. The manor belongs to T. Harris, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, Lord St. John. The church is ancient.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shelton Parish       Bedfordshire Ancient County
Place: Shelton

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