Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHERE, Sheire, or Shire

SHERE, Sheire, or Shire, a village and a parish in Guildford district, Surrey. The village stands on the river Tillingbourn, at the foot of a range of chalk hills, ¾ of a mile NW of Gomshalland Shere r. station, and 5½ ESE of Guildford; and has a post-office‡ under Guildford. The parish contains also the villages of Gomshall, Felday, and Pislake; and comprises 6,396 acres. Real property, £6,334. Pop. in 1851, 1,403; in 1861, 1,503. Houses, 302. The manor belonged to the house of York; was held by the Butlers and the Touchets; was given by Henry VII. to Sir R. Bray; and belongs now to Reginald Bray, Esq. Fir Hill, Hazel Hall, and Breakhurst House are chief residences; and several large houses were recently erected on the heath. An ancient camp of 8 acres is at Holmbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £730.* Patron, the Rev. R. L. Adams. The church is chiefly decorated English; and has a S Norman door, and a central tower and spire There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £16. W. Bray, the county historian, was a native.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shere CP/AP       Guildford RegD/PLU       Surrey AncC
Place names: SHEIRE     |     SHERE     |     SHERE SHEIRE OR SHIRE     |     SHIRE
Place: Shere

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