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
- 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
- ^ [1] Epping Forest DC Census
- ^ 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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