North Sheen
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". North Sheen is an area of London, England in the former Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey).[1][nb 1] It was incorporated into Kew in 1965 when the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was created.[2]
There is a North Sheen Bowling Club,[3] North Sheen Cemetery[nb 2] and North Sheen Recreation Ground.[4]
History
North Sheen, whose etymology is shared with East Sheen, formed a civil parish from 1894 to 1965.[2] Historically, it formed part of the Mortlake parish and became part of the expanded Municipal Borough of Richmond in 1892.[5] Under the Local Government Act 1894, a new North Sheen parish was created from part of Mortlake,[5] with the remainder of Mortlake then forming part of Barnes Urban District. The North Sheen parish covered an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. In 1901 the population was 2,807 and in 1951 it was 7,429.[6]
North Sheen was first marked on maps from 1904.[1] At that time it was mostly undeveloped, but by 1920 residential building was underway.[1]
Transport
In fiction
A major section of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds takes place at Sheen, depicting with considerable detail the destruction caused there by Wells' Martian invaders.
See also
- The Barn Church, Kew
- North Sheen Cemetery
- North Sheen railway station
- North Sheen Recreation Ground
- Holy Trinity Richmond
Notes
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- ↑ North Sheen Cemetery (also known as “Fulham New Cemetery”) opened in 1909. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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References
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External links
- Historical data: Housing in North Sheen
- Historical data: Population in North Sheen
- Historical boundary maps for North Sheen
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