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The earliest known settlement in the Shirley area was at Berry Mound Camp at what is now Solihull Lodge, in the west of Shirley. This was the site of an Iron Age Hill Fort, which may have been the scene of a battle between the forces of King Alfred and besieged Danes [1] (and with archaeological evidence which would indicate defense of the site during this period).
The Shirley Plantation, c. 1900–1906, photo by William Henry Jackson Shirley Plantation dovecote The lands of Shirley Plantation were first settled by Europeans in 1613 by Sir Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and were named West and Sherley Hundred, probably because this Lord Delaware's wife Cessalye was the daughter of Sir Thomas Sherley (variant spellings being common at the time). [6]
Shirley was a well-used name throughout the Anglosphere during the 20th century. It was among the top 1,000 names used for newborn American girls between 1880 and 2008. It was among the top 100 names between 1918 and 1963 in the United States, and among the ten most popular names for American girls between 1927 and 1941.
Shirley is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts, by Seth Chandler, published 1883, 744 pages.
As seen in Shirley, Chisholm became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress, representing New York’s 12th District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. During her time in the U.S. House of ...
Why Shirley Chisholm ran for President. Between the civil rights movement being front page news and the women’s rights movement ramping up in the early 1970s, Chisholm thought the time may be ...
The Shirley Village Historic District encompasses the main commercial and industrial village of Shirley, Massachusetts.It is located in the southern part of the town, and grew up around a series of mills that were located along Catacoonamug Brook, and then the railroad, which was built through the area in the 1840s.
Shirley, an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë; Shirley, a British silent film; Shirley, an American film; Shirley, an American biographical film about Shirley Chisholm; Shirley, a 1961 album by Shirley Bassey "Shirley" (song), a 1958 song by John Fred and the Playboys; Shirley, a 1979 TV series