Shere

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Shere is a village in Surrey

Other current and historical names

Sheire
Shiere
Shire
Sheer
Essire
Essira
Shere Sheire

Built-Up Area: Shere
Parish/Community: Shere
District/Borough: Guildford
County: Surrey
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°13'8"N 0°27'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 507313, 147776
OS Grid: TQ073477
Mapcode Local: GBR GF6.H9F
Mapcode Global: VHFVP.WMM9

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Shere within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Shere in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Shere (or Shiere), par. and vil. (ry. sta. Gomshall and Sheire), Surrey - par., 0300 ac., pop. 1719; vil., 6 miles SE. of Guildford; P.O., T.O., called Shiere; near the vil. is Shere House, seat.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sheire, ry. sta., Surrey. See GOMSHALL and SHEIRE.

Shere in the Domesday Book

A village in Blackheath hundred, in the county of Surrey.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 16 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 6 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 50 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Shere, Surrey

Shere is a village in Surrey

Shere in historic gazetteers

Shere in the Domesday Book