Shell is a hamlet in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Himbleton Himbleton is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. It lies about south-east of Droitwich and north-east of Worcester, England, Worcester. There is an Anglican church, dedicated to Saint ...

, in the

Wychavon Wychavon () is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. The largest towns therein are Evesham and Droitwich Spa; the council is based in the town of Pershore. The district also includes numerous villages and surrounding rural ...

district, in the county of

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, England. It is 7 miles from

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. In 1881 the parish had a population of 38.

History

The name "Shell" means 'Shelf'. Shell was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

as ''Scelves''. Shell was formerly an

extra-parochial tract In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no ch ...

, in 1858 Shell became a separate civil parish, on 25 March 1884 the parish was abolished and merged with Himbleton.

Buildings

There is Shell Cottage which is

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, "Packhorse Bridge About 100 Yards South of Shell Manor" which is

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, Shell Mill Farmhouse which is Grade II listed. Pedestrian Bridge by Shell Ford - geograph

Shell Manor is Grade II* listed, around it there is "Gate Piers And Front Wall to Shell Manor" which is Grade II listed, "Former barn and granary about 27 metres south of Shell Manor" which is Grade II listed, and "Barn About 35 Yards North-West of Shell Manor" which is also Grade II listed.

References

Hamlets in Worcestershire Former civil parishes in Worcestershire Wychavon {{Worcestershire-geo-stub