History of Emmanuel Church

During the 19th century the population of this country grew rapidly and the Church of England was having difficulty in providing churches for so many people. Parliament made grants available for setting up new parishes and building new churches. Wealthy landowners were quite prepared to donate the odd acre of land on which these new churches would be built.

ln 1852 one acre of land was given by Thomas Richard Shipperdson and lsabella Margaret Appletree for the building of a parish church in Shelley.