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Shareshill
Location within Staffordshire
Population759 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Shareshill
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode district WV10
Dialling code 01922
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England
Staffordshire
52°39′22″N2°04′55″W / 52.65611°N 2.08194°W / 52.65611; -2.08194

Shareshill is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. The population as measured in the 2011 census was 759. [1] The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Luke, Shareshill. [2]

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Shareshill in 1851

In 1851, Shareshill had 594 inhabitants and 4,200 acres of land, including eleven farmers, two maltsters, a wheelwright, a dressmaker, two shopkeepers, three shoemakers, one butcher, two beer houses (the Horse & Jockey and The Swan), two gentlemen and a schoolmistress. Lord Hatherton was lord of the manor, although some land was also owned by Major General Henry Charles W Vernon of nearby Hilton Park Hall, and onetime High Sheriff of Staffordshire, the Rev J L Petit and Alexander Hordern, Esq. Bordering the village are two rectangular archaeological vestiges of possibly Roman encampments. In the time of Henry IV, Shareshill was the seat of Sir William de Shareshill, who was also Sheriff of the county. The church has a reputedly very ancient tower and contains several curious antique monuments. [3]

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Shareshill is a civil parish in the district of South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It contains four listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is in Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish includes the village of Shareshill and the surrounding area. The listed buildings consist of a church, a farm building, a farmhouse and a house, both with associated structures.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. "Shareshill S.Mary and S.Luke".
  3. William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851, p.479