Shelton and Hardwick is a

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, made up of the villages of Shelton and Hardwick. It lies about 3 km south-east of

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, about 6 km north of Harleston and 10 km west of

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. It covers an area of and had a population of 283 in 107 households at the 2001 census, increasing the population at the 2011 Census to 298. Shelton contains a primary school, a church and Shelton Hall.

Churches

Hardwick has a

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church (which is famous locally for its ruined tower and is one of 124 existing

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es in

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), 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

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during World War II. St Mary's Church, Shelton, was built in the 1480s of red brick with dark diapering. Apart from the tower which is earlier than the rest of the church it is in the pure Perpendicular style. The stained class windows include large figures of donors in 15th-century dress. Features of interest include the monument of Sir Robert Houghton, 1623, and the carved royal arms of King William III. There are also tombs of the Shelton family of Shelton Hall. The church is Grade I listed.

People

The

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preacher

Elizabeth Bultitude Elizabeth Bultitude (12 August 1809 – 14 August 1890) was a British Primitive Methodist preacher. When she retired after thirty years she was said to be their last itinerant woman preacher. Life Bultitude was born in Hardwick in Norfolk. She ...

was born into poverty in Hardwick in 1809.

Notes

External links

St Margaret's on the European Roundtowerchurches Website
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93rd Bombardment Group Museum
Station 104, Hardwick. A small museum on the actual airfield site in Nissen (Quonset) and brick built huts. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton And Hardwick Civil parishes in Norfolk