ʃˈædwɛl wʌz hɪstˈɔːɹɪkli ɐ tˈaʊnʃɪp ɪnðɪ ˈeɪntʃənt tʃˈɜːtʃ pˈæɹɪʃ ʌv θˈɔːɹnɚɹ ɪnðə wˈɛst ɹˈaɪdɪŋ ʌv jˈɔːɹkʃɚ, ʌntˈɪl ðə kənstɹˈʌkʃən ʌv sənt pˈɔːlz tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː wɛn ɪt bɪkˌeɪm ɐ pˈæɹɪʃ ɪn ɪts ˈoʊn ɹˈaɪt.
Shadwell was historically a township in the ancient church parish of Thorner in the West Riding of Yorkshire, until the construction of St Paul's Church in 1842 when it became a parish in its own right.