Sheering
| Sheering | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering | |
  Sheering Location within Essex | |
| Population | 3,133 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BISHOP'S STORTFORD |
| Postcode district | CM22 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Sheering is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The 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. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,133.
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
[edit]- Harry Goschen, baronet of Durrington House in the Parish of Sheering and County of Essex
- Steve Harris (musician) of Iron Maiden
- The Hundred Parishes
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade I) (1146947)". National Heritage List for England.
External links
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Media related to Sheering at Wikimedia Commons- Sheering Village website
