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SHIVERING SANDS. 459 SHOREDITCH. I SHIVERING SANDS, a bank in the river Thames about 5 miles N. of Herne Bay. SHOBDON, a par. in the hund. of Stretford, co. Hereford, 8 miles W. of Leominster, its post town, 6 from Wigmore, and 6 S.E. of Presteign. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the river Lug, near Mortimer's Cross. The inhabitants are chiefly agricultural. The land is partly in hop grounds. The tithes were commuted for corn rents under an En- closure Act in 1809. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 764. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has a tower containing two bells. It was partially rebuilt in 1758 by John Viscount Bate- man, of whose family it contains several monuments. There is a parochial school for both sexes erected at the expense of Lord Bateman. Shobdon Court is situated in a well wooded park stocked with deer. Lord Bate- man is lord of the manor and principal landowner. At Castle Hill are traces of a Roman or Danish fortification. SHOBLEY, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Ring- wood, co. Hants, 19 miles S.W. of Winchester, on the Avon, near the borders of the New Forest. SHOBROOKE, a par. and tnshp. in the hund. of West Budleigh, co. Devon, 2 miles N.E. of Crediton, its post town. The village, which is considerable, is situated near Cheriton Fitzpaine, and is chiefly agricultural. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Exeter. The paro- chial charities produce about 23 per annum, of which 6 goes to the school. Shobrooke Park and the Sanc- tuary are the principal residences. SHOBY, an ext. par. place in the hund. of East Goscote, co. Leicester, 4J miles N.W. of Melton Mow- bray, on the Wolds. SHOCHIE, a trout stream of the co. of Perth, Scotland, rises in the par. of Monedie, and joins the Tay near Luncarty. SHOCKERWICK, a hmlt. in the par. of Batbford, co. Somerset, 4 miles N.E. of Bath. It is situated on the Great Western railway, and belonged to Adam de Socherwiche, in 1 165, and afterwards came to the Husseysi SHOCKLACH, a par. in the higher div. of Broxton hund., co. Chester, 4 miles N.W. of Malpas. It is situated on the river Dee, which bounds the parish on the W., and is crossed by a bridge at Castletown. It comprises the tnshps. of Shocklach Church, Shocklach Oviatt, and Caldecott. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 107. The church, dedicated to St. Edith, has a Norman doorway. On the site of Hugh Lupus's castle are traces of a moated seat of the Egertons, Breretons, &c. Sir Richard Puleston is lord of the manor and principal landowner. SHOCKLACH OVIATT, a tnshp. in the par. of Shocklach, higher div. of Broxton hund., co. Chester, 3i miles N.W. of Malpas. It is in conjunction with Church Shocklach. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Sir R. Puleston is lord of the manor. SHODDESDEN, UPPER and LOWER, hmlts. in the par. of Kimpton, co. Hants, 6 miles N.W. of Andover. SHOEBTJRY, NORTH, a par. in the hund. of Roch- ford, co. Essex, 4 miles S.E. of Rochford, its post town, and 3 N.E. of Southend. The village, which is of small extent, adjoins that of South Shoebury. It was called by the Saxons Schoebirig, and ruins of Danish works have been discovered. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 347, and the vicarial for 163, besides 10 acres of glebe. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 182. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a stone building, with a wooden tower surmounted by a spire with two bells. The interior contains a monument to John Ibbotson. G. A. W. Welch, Esq., is lord of the manor. SHOEBURY, SOUTH, a par. in the hund. of Roch- ford, co. Essex, 7 miles from Rochford, its post town, and 6 E. of Southend. It is situated on the river Thames at its influx into the sea, and nearly opposite the Nore. At its southern extremity is the small promontory called Shoebury - Ness, where are coastguard and signal VOL, in. stations on the Thames. There is also a governm'nt station for artillery practice at Shoebury Point. Bricks are made here to a considerable extent. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 410, and the flebe comprises 7 acres. The living is a rect.* in the ioc. of Rochester, val. 360. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is of great antiquity, with a tower built of flint. The parochial charities produce about 7 per annum. In the neighbourhood are traces of a Danish camp. At low water a road is traversable along the Maplin Sands to Foulness Island. R. Bristow, Esq., of Broxmore Park, Wilts, is lord of the manor. SHOKAM, or SHOKHOLM, an islet in the par. of Dale, co. Pembroke, 2 miles S.W. of St. Bride's Point. It is a small rocky island comprising about 200 acres of rough pasture. SHOLDEN, or SHOULDEN, a par. in the hund. of Cornilo, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 1 J mile W. of Deal. It contains No. 1 battery and Sandourn Castle, built by Henry VIII. for the defence of the S. coast, and in which Colonel Hutchinson died a prisoner. The village, which is small, is situated on the road from Sandwich to Deal. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 280, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. Fragments of Roman urns and several coins of the Emperor Gallienus were found here in 1832. SHOLING, a tythg. in the par. of Hound, co. Hants, 3 miles S.E. of Southampton. SHONA and SHONAVEG, islets in Loch Moydart, par. of Ardnamurchan, co. Inverness, Scotland. SHONAGARRY, a lead mine in the co. of Kerry, Ireland, 1 mile E. of Kenmare. SHOOLTHWAITE, a moss in the south-eastern part of co. Cumberland, near Thirle Mere. SHOOTER'S HILL, a hmlt. in the borough of Greenwich, locally in Blackheath hund., lathe of Sutton- at-Hone, co. Kent, 1 mile S. of Woolwich, and 9 miles E. cf London. The hill, which was formerly thickly wooded, is 410 feet high, and has on its summit Severn- droog Tower. The supply of water for Woolwich is drawn from here. SHOPLAND, a par.' in the hund. of Rochford, co. Essex, 1 mile S.E. of Rochford, its post town, and 3 miles N.E. of Southend. The parish is of small extent. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The impro- priate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 240 10s., and the vicarial for 85, besides a glebe of 13 acres. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 89. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, consisting only of a nave and chancel. SHORDLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Hope, co. Flint, near Caergwyrll. SHOREDITCH, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Mary Magdalene, co. Somerset. It is included in the borough of Taunton. SHOREDITCH, a par. and populous metropolitan district, in the Tower div. of Ossulstone hund. and par- liamentary borough of the Tower Hamlets, co. Middle- sex, 1J mile N.E. of St. Paul's cathedral. It is the terminus of the Great Eastern railway, which terminus is soon to be moved to Liverpool-street, City. The Metropolitan railway has a station opposite the parish church. This parish, which is extensive, lies for the most part between the Regent's canal, Hackney-road, Finsbury Circus, and the City-road. It comprises Hoxton Old and New Town, Holywell, Moorflelds, Church-End, and Haggerston, covering 620 acres, and containing a population in 1861 of 129,364. It was anciently traversed by the Roman military way leading from London-wall to the ford at Hackney ; and on the site of the old artillery ground, now built over, traces have been discovered of a Roman camp. In ancient records it is generally written Sordig or Soretdich, evidently from the great common sewer, or ditch, which passed through it. It is well paved and lighted with gas, but the drainage and water supply are imperfect. The principal branch of manufacture carried on here is 3 o