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- source: Family History Library Catalog
Sheen became a civil parish in 1866 and joined Leek Rural District in 1894. Since 1974 it has been part of the Staffordshire Moorlands non-metropolitan District in Staffordshire, England.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Sheen from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "SHEEN, a parish, with a village, in Leek district, Stafford; on the river Dove, 8½ miles W S W of Bakewell r. station. Post-town, Allstonefield, under Ashborne. Acres: 2,790. Real property: £4,246. Population: 427. Houses: 87. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: £63. Patron: A. J. B. Hope, Esq. The church was mainly rebuilt in 1829. There is an endowed school with £13 a year."
Research Tips
- Article on Sheen from The Victoria County History of Staffordshire as provided by the website British History Online. The article covers the manor, economic history (agriculture, mill, trade and industry), local government, churches including non-conformists, education and charities for the poor.
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