In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sheen like this:
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. Pop., 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.
Sheen through time
Sheen is now part of Staffordshire Moorlands district. Click here for graphs and data of how Staffordshire Moorlands has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sheen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sheen in Staffordshire Moorlands | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8508
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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