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Introduction
About
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Shelvock
Location
Geography
& Geomorphology
Origins
of the Family Name
Earliest
origins of the family names
Where
& When?
Occurrence
of the family names from the C16th - present day
A
History of Shelvock Manor
The
place and local environs providing the family name as well as
some other associated families
The
SHELVOKEs
The
story of engineering prowess and how a family name will become
extinct in modern times
The
SHELVOCKs
The
story of one couple's destiny to preserve the original family
name from extinction
A
Brief History of Halesowen
The
town that became the centre for the modern family name of
SHILVOCK
Demography
and Statistics
What
the data is telling us
Noted
People
An
offbeat listing of anyone with a notable recorded history
Commonwealth
War Graves, Memorials
The
names of those who served in the armed forces, those who
sacrificed their lives and other stories
Researchers
and Family Contacts
Names
and email addresses from around the World
Data
Bank
Birth,
Death & Marriage Indices, census information and other public
domain data from around the World.
SHELVOCK
One Name Study:Family Trees (1581-present day)
SHILVOCK
One Name Study:Family Trees (1639-present day)
"Most
Wanted"
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SHELVOCK
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sets of instrumental music inspired by the place and
history.
Composed and played by the Webauthor
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NOTED
PEOPLE & OCCURRENCES OF THE NAMES
An
offbeat section containing some references and trivia from
various fields. Categories include:
ART,
BUILDINGS, BUSINESS,
DIVINITY, GEOGRAPHY,
HISTORY, LITERATURE,
LOCAL HEROES, MUSIC,
PIRACY, POETRY,
POLITICS, PRIZE
WINNERS, SPORT, THE
SCIENCES & TV.
When
I first started this page there were few references on the
Internet. Today, there are many SHILVOCKs noted for their
sporting and academic achievements, school and personal websites,
as well as professions far beyond the comprehension of their
nail-making forefathers. SHELVOCK references are predominantly
historical and relevant to the place. Accordingly, it is
impossible to document them all and so only unusual notes will be
included. If you have suggestions for inclusion , please let me
know.
TV
Historical items with the
SHELVOKE brand name: includes the SHELVOKE dustcart used
in one of the episodes of "Dad's Army", and the SPV
tender used in the TV series "London's Burning". A BBC
programme also saw the restoration of an S&D dustcart.
LOCAL
HEROES
Two Post Office workers in Lye
(near Stourbridge) Tracy AUTIE & Susan SHILVOCK (aged
40 of Wassell Road, Wollescote) saved the life of a female
customer who collapsed, by using CPR. They received honours from
the Royal Human Society (founded in 1774) which honours
life-savers and those involved in heroic rescues. (Express &
Star Newspaper on 12th December 2000)
MODERN
MUSIC
1997: Birmingham managed band
"Mugwump" included Dane
SHILVOCK on drums and Mark
SHILVOCK playing bass &
vocals.
"Ashen Mortality"
(Forsaken Records) a Neil
SHILVOCK played drums in
1996-97. Ashen Mortality played many gigs around England. After a
mini tour in 1997 to support the release of Sleepless Remorse,
Neil left the band.
"Magical Steel" -
singer Brandon SHELVOCK.
"Shilvock Cycle" for
Organ was performed (in parts) at an Organ recital concert in
Wolverley Parish Church (2000) by Timothy Mark Henry (U of
Bristol, Dept. of Music). Piece was commissioned by friend
Matthew SHILVOCK (s/o Rev. Geoffrey SHILVOCK at Wolverley).
This
web author's own concept album "Shelvock".
PRIZE
WINNERS
A C SHILVOCK
of Stourbridge won 6th Prize in the 90th
Reader's Digest Draw. Yes, there are really people out there who
seem to win this annual UK event!
ART
The one known watercolour
painting by a W. H.
SHILVOCK owned by Kathy
SWEENEY in the US. This probably dates from the middle of the
C20th.
BUSINESS
& TRADE ORGANISATIONS
The SHELVOKE name can be found
in several engineering firms such as Accles & Shelvoke,
Shelvoke & Drewry (famous for specialised vehicles
such as those used in the fire service), Shelvoke Dempster
(refuse carts), and Dennis Shelvoke. The name is also
incorporated into a firm of Accountants in Cannock,
Staffordshire.
Vancouver, Canada: an
Association of Printing House Craftsmen called at the office of
Shilvock-Parkes Ltd.,
Pender Street West, on February 13th, 1929, for purposes of
preliminary organization. At this foundational meeting the
following were present; L.C. Parkes, Roy
SHILVOCK......
In 1920, a group of men in
Chicago felt the need for an organization where they could meet
and discuss common problems relating to paint and varnish
products. A meeting was held on December 17, 1920, at the
Hamilton Club in Chicago, which saw the founding of the Paint and
Varnish Superintendents' Club of Chicago. This new club
subsequently became known as the Chicago Society for Paint
Technology. The Society continued to flourish and in 1973, in
keeping with the modern role of the industry, the name was again
changed to the Chicago Society for Coatings Technology. Today,
the Chicago Society is among the two largest of the 26 societies
that are affiliated with the Federation throughout the U.S.,
Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Among those present at
the founding were ................Jack
SHILVOCK"
SHILVOCK-JACKSON LTD.,
ND, CA. 1930 Paper VANCOUVER, BC
SHILVOCK Company Inc
(Plumbers), 2226 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647
There are now many modern
firms including the name - too many to list here.
MODERN
POETRY
Jill SHILVOCK
of Stourbridge continues to write many poems.
GEOGRAPHY
Canada - Shilvock Road,
Kimbourne, Ontario
BUILDINGS
Grimpo
Congregational Chapel (Grimpo is the village 3km north of
Shelvock).
Open air services were begun in Grimpo in 1830,
and a chapel erected, which opened on Easter Monday 1832. Due to
structural decay this chapel was replaced by a new chapel, which
opened on 11 May 1885. This is the chapel in the photograph. The
chapel is built of red brick and Shelvock freestone, and
has a small tower and spire. It cost £560.
[Shelvock
freestone would either be a sandstone or a limestone that is
so fine-grained that it can be shaped without splitting. Research
has revealed an old quarry opposite the gate to Shelvock.]
More recently, TGK Homes
launched a new development situated close to the River Perry on
River View in the village of Ruyton XI Towns. The Shelvock design
is described as a beautiful detached four-bedroomed home for
£355,000
DIVINITY
Occasional references in
newspapers allow members of the Clan to be quoted on issues of
the day. According to the London
Sunday Times of 26th January 1997
a survey of 200 members of the Anglican clergy found that some
could only remember two of the ten commandments passed down from
God to Moses. Only 34% could give all ten commandments. The
London Sunday Times
survey also showed two vicars did not believe
in heaven, and more than half believed there is life on other
planets. Geoffrey
SHILVOCK, from Wolverley,
Worcestershire, who could not remember all of the commandments,
questioned their prohibitive nature, saying, "The trouble is
that they are very negative ... most people prefer a more
positive approach."
Rev Gregory SHILVOCK
represents the rural area and Wolverley &
Cooksley for the Diocese of Kidderminster.
Rev
Kelvin D SHILVOCK at
Kidderminster, St John Baptist and the Holy Innocents.
LITERATURE
& CLASSICAL POETRY
History does not rebound with
the heroic deeds of many SHILVOCKs & SHELVOCKs. The most
noteworthy figure to date is Captain
George SHELVOCKE who wrote the
1726 book entitled "Voyage
Around the World By Way of the Great South Seas performed in
1719-22", based on his
exploits, partly as a privateer 1690-1728 (2nd edition 1757;
reprinted 1951). In the book it alleged that HATLEY, a sailor on
this expedition, was the Ancient
Mariner who shot the Albatross in
Coleridge's famous poem. His son George SHELVOCKE, who travelled
with him, later became Secretary to the General Post Office in
London from 1742 to his death in 1760. An alternative history of
that voyage was published by another crew member.
Speedwell Voyage; The,
Kenneth Poolman, 216 pp, 6 drawings, 7 maps, notes, glossary,
index, Hardback, 6X9, List Price $26.95. The story is based on
the real-life adventures of George
SHELVOCK, commander of the
22-gun privateer Speedwell that set sail in 1718 to steal
treasure from Spanish ships in the South Seas. Filled with
pirates, mutinies, sea battles, violent storms, and shipwrecks on
exotic islands, the fast-moving narrative offers authentic
details of the period and honest characterizations of real
individuals. Not since Shelvocke's own book was published in 1726
has the full story been told, although Samuel Coleridge based his
Rime of the Ancient Mariner on events reported by the Speedwell
captain. This is the only modern attempt to recount the epic
voyage.
There are several
reminiscences by the poet William WORDSWORTH concerning the
above:
"Written at Alfoxden in the
spring of 1798, under circumstances somewhat remarkable.
The little girl who is the heroine I met within the area of
Goodrich Castle in the year 1793. Having left the Isle of Wight
and crossed Salisbury Plain, as mentioned in the preface to
"Guilt and Sorrow," I proceeded by Bristol up the Wye,
and so on to North Wales, to the Vale of Clwydd, where I spent my
summer under the roof of the father of my friend, Robert JONES.
In reference to this Poem I will here mention one of the most
remarkable facts in my own poetic history and that of Mr.
COLERIDGE. In the spring of the year 1798, he, my Sister, and
myself, started from Alfoxden, pretty late in the afternoon, with
a view to visit Lenton and the valley of Stones near it; and as
our united funds were very small, we agreed to defray the expense
of the tour by writing a poem, to be sent to the New Monthly
Magazine set up by Phillips the bookseller, and edited by Dr.
AIKIN. Accordingly we set off and proceeded along the Quantock
Hills towards Watchet, and in the course of this walk was planned
the poem of the "Ancient Mariner," founded on a dream,
as Mr. COLERIDGE said, of his friend, Mr. CRUIKSHANK. Much the
greatest part of the story was Mr. COLERIDGE'S invention; but
certain parts I myself suggested:--for example, some crime was to
be committed which should bring upon the old Navigator, as
COLERIDGE afterwards delighted to call him, the spectral
persecution, as a consequence of that crime, and his own
wanderings. I had been reading in SHELVOCK'S Voyages a day or two
before that while doubling Cape Horn they frequently saw
Albatrosses in that latitude, the largest sort of sea-fowl, some
extending their wings twelve or fifteen feet. "Suppose,"
said I, "you represent him as having killed one of these
birds on entering the South Sea, and that the tutelary Spirits of
those regions take upon them to avenge the crime." The
incident was thought fit for the purpose and adopted accordingly.
I also suggested the navigation of the ship by the dead men, but
do not recollect that I had anything more to do with the scheme
of the poem. The Gloss with which it was subsequently accompanied
was not thought of by either of us at the time; at least, not a
hint of it was given to me, and I have no doubt it was a
gratuitous afterthought. We began the composition together on
that, to me, memorable evening."
"The Ancient Mariner was
founded on a strange dream, which a friend of COLERIDGE had, who
fancied he saw a skeleton ship, with figures in it. We had both
determined to write some poetry for a monthly magazine, the
profits of which were to defer the expenses of a little excursion
we were to make together. The "Ancient Mariner" was
intended for this periodical, but was too long. I had very little
share in the composition of it, for I soon found the style of
COLERIDGE and myself would not assimilate. Beside the lines (in
the fourth part)--"And thou art long, and lank, and
brown,/As in the ribbed sea-sand--" I wrote the stanza
(in the first part) "He holds him with his glittering
eye--/ The Wedding-Guest stood still,/And listens like a
three-years child:/The Mariner hath his will.--" and
four or five lines more in different parts of the poem, which I
could not now point out. The idea of shooting an albatross was
mine; for I had been reading SHELVOCK'S Voyages, which probably
COLERIDGE never saw. I also suggested the reanimation of the dead
bodies, to work the ship."
Christopher
Smart's "Jubilate Agno" (1722-71) contains the
following lines in Opening of Fragment B, (which was not
published until 1939!) referring to the Postmaster General:
"Let
Achsah rejoice with the Pigeon who is an antidote to malignity
and will carry a letter...
For I bless God for the Postmaster
general and all conveyancers of letters under his care especially
Allen and Shelvock..."
A
full bibliography from the British Library online Index:
"Draw
near with faith. A confirmation prayer book." compiled by
Geoffrey SHILVOCK,1984
The synthesis of homoazasugars;
SHILVOCK, John Paul, 1997
"A
voyage round the world by the way of the great South Sea.
Performed in a private expedition during the war, which broke out
with Spain, in the year 1718." by George
SHELVOCKE, fl. 1690-1728; 1757
"A
Voyage round the World by the way of the great South Sea,
performed in the years 1719-1722." SHELVOCKE,
George, the Elder; pp. xxxii. 468. J.
Senex: London, 1726. 8o.
"A Voyage round the World ...
"With introduction and notes by W. G. Perrin ... With 7 ...
plates and 1 map.
SHELVOCKE, George,
the Elder pp. xxii. 262. Cassell &
Co.: London, 1928. 8o.
"A Privateer's
Voyage round the World. By Capt. G. SHELVOCKE. With aspersions
upon him by William Betagh [extracted from A Voyage round the
World]." SHELVOCKE, George, the Elder
pp. 285. Jonathan Cape: London, 1930. 8o.
"Voyage
round the World." [Abridged account.] SHELVOCKE,
George, the Elder
"Das Capitain
Georg SHELVOCKE Reise um die Welt, auf dem Wege durch die grosse
Sudsee ... im Jahr 1718" ... unternommen ... Aus dem
Englischen. SHELVOCKE, George, the
Elder
Bremen, 1787. 8o.
"The
Voyages of Captains Clipperton and SHELVOCKE." SHELVOCKE,
George, the Elder
"The Great Art
of Artillery "... Translated from the French by G.
SHELVOCKE ... Illustrated with ... copper
plates. SIEMIENOWICZ. Kazimierz London, 1729. fol.
"A
voyage round the world, by way of the great south sea: performed
in a private expedition during the war, which broke out with
Spain, in the year 1718". By Capt.
George SHELVOCKE. The second edition,
revised and republished by George
SHELVOCKE, Esq.; SHELVOCKE,
George, the Elder London: printed for W.
Innys and J. Richardson, M. & T. Longman ..., 1757.
[6],iii,[3],476p.,[5]leaves of plates, maps (8o); 22cm
POLITICS
Queensland, Australia - Kathy
SHILVOCK (DEM Party)
SPORT
Queensland Rugby League: Phil
SHILVOCK & his identical
twin bother, Steve
SHILVOCK,
both playing with the Logan City Scorpions in 2001. In 2002 Phil
joined the Redcliffe Dolphins.
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Phil SHILVOCK
Australian
Rugby League
(of the Capella regional
clan,
Queensland)
Photo
courtesy of
Redcliffe Dolphins RLC,
Queensland
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Football: Various SHILVOCKs
have represented their local team Halesowen F. C., and were part
of the best "Yeltz" team ever. The
great team of the 1980's prominently featured Robert
SHILVOCK in
midfield. Robert played in at least one of the Wembley FA Vase
triumphs. His brother Steve
also
played in the same era. Robert went onto play for Bromsgrove
Rovers and then Kidderminster Harriers. Steve managed Halesowen's
reserve team and then went onto manage the reserve team at
Bromsgrove Rovers.
There at least
two racehorses - Shelvock Gold Model & Shelvock Bomber
PIRACY
Capt. SHELVOCKE was
a buccaneer and is recorded in "Chile:
A Brief Naval History",
Chapter I -"Pre-History,
Conquest and Colony",
sub-section "Pirates" - In 1720 the English SHELVOCK
attempted to attack Concepcíon but without success,
eventually losing his ship at Juan Fernández. Finally,
local authorities fortified all the main ports: Ancud, Valdivia,
Concepcíon, Valparaíso and La Serena. The
inhabitants of smaller towns where no royal (Spanish) troops were
quartered, were organized into militia units. These two measures
eventually put an end to piratical raids.
WRITTEN
HISTORY
Winston A. SHILVOCK
- in the library of University of British
Columbia, Canada there are 12-14 Copies of Submitted
Reminiscences including Shilvock, Winston A. - "History of
the Student Publicity Campaign, 1932"; also an article
"Spanish Invasion - Fragmentary evidence of Spanish
'invasion'" by Winston Shilvock (about 800 years after the
Chinese were reputed to have been in the Okanagan Valley another
myth popped up suggesting that Spaniards could also have been
there).
George
SCHELVOCK, ou Shelvoke,
comme l’écrit Rumpf, auteur anglais, Artillerie
de Simienowicz,
in-fol., Londres, 1729.
The Public Records Office
contains many correspondence to and from George SHELVOCK, the
Younger in his capacity of Postmaster General. George
appeared in two cases at the Old Bailey regarding theft from his
buildings.
Both the Lords of Shelvock and
the THORNES had significant impact on their local history of the
time due to their senior positions within their county. Read
more
THE
SCIENCES
Metallurgy - W.
Dean SHILVOCK, "Quantifying
the physical effects of impurities in aluminium-silicon
castings." Proc. IPENZ Annual Conference, Nelson, v2, 1994:
298-303 & "The effects of common melt treatments upon
the final composition and properties of aluminium-silicon
eutectic castings." Proc. IPENZ Annual Conference, Nelson,
v2, 1994: 304-10.
Spatial Databases - David
SHILVOCK in Knorr E., Ng R.,
Shilvock D., "Finding Boundary Shape Matching Relationships
in Spatial Data", Proc. 5th Symp. on Spatial Databases (SSD
'97), S. 29-46, 1997; and similar papers.
Biochemistry (sugars) - John
Paul SHILVOCK
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