Shellow Bowells
The converted parish church
Shellow Bowells is located in Essex
Shellow Bowells
Shellow Bowells
Location within Essex
Civil parish
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Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
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51°44′46″N 0°19′55″E / 51.746°N 0.332°E / 51.746; 0.332

Shellow Bowells (or occasionally misspelt as Shellow Bowels) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Willingale, in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) to the west of Chelmsford, between the villages of Willingale on its westerly border and Roxwell on its east. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 95.[1]

On 1 April 1946 the parish was abolished to form Willingale.[2] The village name is believed[by whom?] to be derived from Shellow, meaning a bend in the river, and the Beaulieu family.

The village church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, is no longer in use as such, having become a private dwelling.

Shellow Bowells is mentioned by Bill Bryson in Notes From A Small Island and Paul Theroux's The Kingdom By The Sea.[citation needed] It is referred to as Shallow Bowells in Part Five of Random Harvest by James Hilton.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Population Statistics Shellow Bowells AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Shellow Bowells AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ James Hilton. "Random Harvest". gutenberg.net.au. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

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