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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 variant became 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. Includes further links to more detailed analysis including:

Australia, New Zealand &
Asia/Pacific area:
Australian Electoral & Internet White Pages

UK Electoral Roll

UK Electoral Roll 2007 - SHILVOCK

UK Electoral Roll 2007 - SHELVOCK

UK Electoral Roll 2007 - SHELVOKE (includes section on SHELVOKE companies)

UK Telephone Listings

US, Canada & Mexico:
Internet White Pages

US: SSD Death Benefit List

SHELVOCK One Name Study:
Family Trees
(1581-present day)

SHILVOCK One Name Study:
Family Trees
(1639-present day)  

UK 1881 Census Index

UK 1901 Census Index

Index of UK Births

Index of UK Marriages

Index of UK Deaths  

National Burial Index;

"Most Wanted"
Enquiries still seeking an answer - maybe you can help?

SHELVOCK - The Music
6 sets of instrumental music inspired by the place and history.
Composed and played by the Webauthor

Contact Info

           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 - download the MP3s for free

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