[4] Data from the Vision of Britain website shows the total number of houses in Shocklach Oviatt parish from 1881 to 1961.

Meetings take place in Shocklach Oviatt Primary School on the second Thursday of six months of the year.

[11] Everyone in the public is welcome to attend the parish meetings, where guest speakers are invited to talk about issues of local interest.

[12] Using information provided by the Vision of Britain website, we are able to see the history of the social structure of Shocklach village in the nineteenth century.

Nave and chancel, and double bellcote... the odd w baptistery squeezed between the two buttresses looks a rustic job".

[15] Today, standing in the middle of fields on its own, overlooking the River Dee and Wales, St Edith's Church still remains an important building.

It is a Grade I listed building and a small, isolated 12th-century church situated one mile outside the village of Shocklach.

The aim of the Centre was to support and improve the lives of young children and families from a wide area, also seen as a celebration of rural partnership working.

[18] John Stephens, Director of Children and Young People's Services officially opened the Centre.

He said "it has strong support from the whole community who have been involved from the outset, and it provides much needed provision within our rural areas.

For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 50 native oak trees were planted at Shocklach Oviatt Primary School, St Edith's church and also along the approach road to Shocklach in which half survived and just before Christmas, 26 trees were replaced with strong, new saplings.