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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
- The Music
6
sets of instrumental music inspired by the place and
history.
Composed and played by the Webauthor
Contact
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SHELVOCK
Album
cover - Shelvock Farm in Shropshire
Original
released on the Vitaminic label in November 2001
The following serves as notes
and background behind each piece of music on the concept album
for the listener.
Set
1: 3 Berewicks (10' 55")
In the Domesday period (1086)
Shelvock was one of the three Berewicks (a hamlet attached to a
manor) of the Manor of Wykey, owned in Edward the Confessor's
time by Edwin, Earl of Mercia, and in William the Conqueror's
time by one Odo, who owned also Hordley and Ruyton. The piece is
divided into three provoking different atmospheres for the times
- mediaeval village life, a market day or festival, and a
pastoral.
Set
2: Ath (5' 34")
Ath of Shelvock is the
earliest mentioned by name in a Manor Roll of 1374. Ath is an Old
English word for "dweller", and may have been a real
name or simply referred to a person who lived at Shelvock. The
set is in two parts depicting Ath going about his daily life at
Shelvock. I've imagined him as a generally happy go-lucky chap.
Set
3: The Oak (6' 41")
This is a deliberately
haunting piece to reflect the majesty and the presence through
time of the oak tree at Shelvock. For the oak, time is slow
compared to the lives passing all around. There is one still
there today, and one can only imagine the magnificent tree or
trees on the shelf that became known as Shelvock.
Set
4: Hemp In The Perry (7' 45")
In the 1583 manorial court
records 'Roger THOMAS and Roger
SHELVOCK were fined for
putting hemp in the river Perry.' A
law had been passed in 1541 to forbid the watering (the rotting
of the non fibrous parts of the plant prior to using it for
making rope) in any stream or pond where animals were allowed to
drink. Hemp is a plant group that includes cannabis, and all the
animals just go a little bit crazy. The two Roger's are in big
trouble.
Set
5: Decline & Dispersal (7' 57")
This set in two parts
represents the decline of the family name from the 1600's and the
dispersal of the few remnant families in the modern day.
Set
6 (Finale): Reunion (5' 08")
This piece celebrates the
success of this website and the Internet bringing today's
remaining families closer together.
- This album in memory
of my uncle Wilfred Harry Hart (1919-2001) -
Listen
to these tracks and more of Mark's Music by downloading the free
MP3s
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