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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sheering like this:
SHEERING, a parish, with a village, in Epping district, Essex; 1¾ mile E S E of Sawbridgeworth r. station. It has a post-office under Harlow. Acres, 1, 628. Real property, £3,044. Pop., 499. Houses, 196. The property is divided among a few. Both S. Hall and Quickbury are manor-houses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £507.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is good; and there is a slightly endowed school.
Sheering is now part of EPPING FOREST District. Click here for graphs and data of how EPPING FOREST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sheering itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sheering, in Epping Forest and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6896
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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