Sheering

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51°48′16″N 0°11′04″E / 51.80431°N 0.18451°E / 51.80431; 0.18451

Sheering is a civil parish and village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. Sheering village is situated 2.8 miles (5 km) north-east from Harlow, 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Bishop's Stortford and 25 miles (40 km) north-east from London. The Stort Navigation to the west has a lock at Sheering Mill. Lower Sheering, adjacent to Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire and its railway station, forms part of the civil parish.

Sheering village has approximately 350 households. There is a Church of England primary school and a public house - The Cock Inn, a general store with a post office, a sandwich shop and a hairdresser's.

Bus services connect Sheering to Harlow and Chelmsford.

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin on Church Lane, Sheering is a Grade I listed building.[2] Four other buildings in the parish are Grade II* listed.

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] Epping Forest DC Census
  2. ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade I) (1146947)". National Heritage List for England.

External links

  • Media related to Sheering at Wikimedia Commons
  • Sheering Village website
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