North Sheen is an area of

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, England in the former

Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey) The Municipal Borough of Richmond or Richmond Municipal Borough was a municipal borough in Surrey, England from 1890 to 1965.

.North Sheen was one of six wards in the Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey). It was incorporated into

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is a ...

in 1965 when the

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames () in southwest London forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas amalgamated under the London ...

was created. Although North Sheen no longer officially exists as a place name, it survives as the name of a station. Being south of the

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, the station is in

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rather than Kew, and so was not actually in North Sheen. Kew also has North Sheen Bowling Club,

North Sheen Cemetery North Sheen Cemetery is a cemetery in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (historically in North Sheen, Surrey). It is managed by Hammersmith and Fulham Council. The cemetery, which adjoins Mortlake Road (the A205 or South Circu ...

(also known as “Fulham New Cemetery”) opened in 1909. and North Sheen Recreation Ground.

History

North Sheen, whose

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is shared with

East Sheen East Sheen, also known as Sheen, is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its long high street has shops, offices, restaurants, cafés, pubs and suburban supermarkets and is also the economic hub for Mortl ...

, formed a

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from 1894 to 1965. Historically, it formed part of the

Mortlake Mortlake is a suburban district of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes. Historically it was part of Surrey and until 1965 was in the Municipal Borough of Barnes. For many cen ...

parish and became part of the expanded Municipal Borough of Richmond in 1892. Under the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

, a new North Sheen parish was created from part of Mortlake, with the remainder of Mortlake then forming part of

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. The North Sheen parish covered an area of . In 1901 the population was 2,807 and in 1951 it was 7,429. North Sheen was first marked on maps from 1904. At that time it was mostly undeveloped, but by 1920 residential building was underway.

In fiction

A major section of

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The War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appear ...

'' takes place at Sheen, depicting with considerable detail the destruction caused there by Wells' Martian invaders.

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Historical data: Housing in North SheenHistorical data: Population in North SheenHistorical boundary maps for North Sheen
1894 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames History of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Kew, London {{London-geo-stub

History

In fiction

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