SHELLEY, a parish in the hundred of ONGAR,
county of ESSEX, 1 mile (N.) from Chipping-Ongar,
containing 179 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £9. 15. J. Tomlinson, Esq.
was patron in 1812. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.