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__NOTOC__ Sheering is a civil parish and village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. Sheering village is situated north-east from
Harlow Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upp ...
, south of
Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...
and north-east from London. The
Stort Navigation The Stort Navigation is the canalised section of the River Stort running from the town of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, downstream to its confluence with the Lee Navigation at Feildes Weir near Rye House, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. H ...
to the west has a lock at Sheering Mill.
Lower Sheering Lower Sheering is a residential dormitory area based on Sheering Lower Road, in the civil parish of Sheering, and the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It conjoins the Hertfordshire town of Sawbridgeworth at the north-east of the Essex tow ...
, adjacent to
Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping. It is the northernmost part of the Greater London Built-up Area. History Prior to the Norman ...
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 two public houses, The Cock Inn and The Crown, 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. Four other buildings in the parish are
Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.


See also

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Harry Goschen Sir William Henry Neville Goschen, 1st Baronet, (30 October 1865 – 7 July 1945), known as Harry Goschen, was a British businessman and banker from the prominent Goschen family. Family and early life Harry was born at 7 Chapel Street, Grosve ...
, baronet of Durrington House in the Parish of Sheering and County of Essex *
Steve Harris (musician) Stephen Percy Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English musician who is the bassist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, primary songwriter and founder/leader of heavy metal music, heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He has been the band's only constant ...
of Iron Maiden *
The Hundred Parishes The Hundred Parishes is an area of the East of England with no formal recognition or status, albeit that the concept has the blessing of county and district authorities. It encompasses around 450 square miles (1,100 square kilometres) of northwes ...


References


External links

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Sheering Village website
{{authority control Epping Forest District Villages in Essex