SHELDON, a parish in the Birmingham division of
the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county of WARWICK,
4 miles (S. W.) from Coleshill, containing 423 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
in the king's books at £8. 10. 10., and in the patronage
of Earl Digby. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is
principally in the decorated style, with a fine tower of
later architecture.