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Shellow Bowells

Coordinates: 51°44′46″N 0°19′55″E / 51.746°N 0.332°E / 51.746; 0.332
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The converted parish church

Shellow Bowells (or occasionally misspelt as Shellow Bowels) is a village and former civil parish 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.

Since 1946 the village has been part of the civil parish of Willingale. 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]

51°44′46″N 0°19′55″E / 51.746°N 0.332°E / 51.746; 0.332


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