Shellow Bowells

{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}

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| official_name= Shellow Bowells

| civil_parish = Willingale

| country= England

| region= East of England

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| shire_district= Epping Forest

| shire_county= Essex

| hide_services= Yes

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|static_image_name=Church conversion, Shellow Bowells, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 138116.jpg

|static_image_caption=The converted parish church

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

Shellow Bowells (or occasionally misspelt as Shellow Bowels) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Willingale, in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is situated {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} to the west of Chelmsford, between the villages of Willingale on its westerly border and Roxwell on its east. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 95.{{cite web| url =http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10246556/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population Statistics Shellow Bowells AP/CP through time|publisher= Vision of Britain|accessdate = 18 February 2018}}

On 1 April 1946 the parish was abolished to form Willingale.{{cite web| url =http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10246556|title=Relationships and changes Shellow Bowells AP/CP through time|publisher= Vision of Britain|accessdate = 18 February 2018}} The village name is believed{{by whom|date=June 2015}} 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|date=June 2015}} It is referred to as Shallow Bowells in Part Five of Random Harvest by James Hilton.{{cite web|url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500341h.html|title=Random Harvest|author=James Hilton|publisher=gutenberg.net.au|accessdate=2016-10-30}}