East Sheen
Coordinates: 51°27′49″N 0°15′50″W / 51.463702°N 0.263803°W
| East Sheen | |
 East Sheen
East Sheen shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ205755 |
|---|---|
| London borough | Richmond |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | SW14 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Richmond Park |
| London Assembly | South West |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
East Sheen, also known as 'Sheen', is an affluent suburb of London, England in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[1] It forms part of the London post town in the SW postcode area.
The main high street is the Upper Richmond Road West which has many small boutique clothing shops and delicatessens. Central to the area is a small square, known as The Triangle, with a war memorial, and an old milestone. There are a number of parks and open spaces in the area including Richmond Park, accessed via Sheen Gate; Palewell Common, which has a playground, playing fields, a polo field, tennis courts and a pitch and putt course; and East Sheen Common which leads onto Bog Gate, a secluded and hidden entrance to Richmond Park. The area has a sports centre (Shene Sports & Fitness Centre) tennis club (Sheen Lawn Tennis and Squash Club) and small local pubs such as The Plough, The Victoria (gastro pub), The Pig & Whistle and The Hare and Hounds on Upper Richmond Road West. Bars and restaurants include The Naked Turtle (jazz restaurant), Seven (fusion restaurant) and Don't Tell Fred which is a restaurant and live music basement lounge in Sheen Lane.
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[edit] Etymology
The earliest recorded use of the name is c. 950 as Sceon and means shed or shelters.[1] The area was designated separately from Sheen (an earlier name for Richmond) from the 13th century.[1]
[edit] History
Throughout its history, East Sheen has not formed an independent unit of civil administration and was instead included as part of the Mortlake parish in the Brixton hundred of Surrey.[2] It was included in the Metropolitan Police District in 1840. From 1892 to 1894 Mortlake (including East Sheen) formed part of the expanded Municipal Borough of Richmond.[3] In 1894 nearby North Sheen was created as a civil parish, being split off from Mortlake and remaining in the Municipal Borough of Richmond.[4] The remainder of Mortlake (including East Sheen) was instead transferred to Barnes Urban District.[5]
In 1965 North Sheen was incorporated in Kew[6] which, with the rest of the Municipal Borough of Richmond, joined Twickenham and Barnes to form the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames, bringing East Sheen and the former North Sheen into the same borough.
[edit] Famous residents
- Tim Berners-Lee - Engineer and founder of the World Wide Web
- Marc Bolan - Musician
- The Moody Blues - Musicians
- Robin Bextor - Film maker
- Rudolph Nureyev - Dancer
- Debbie Harry - Musician
- Tim Henman - Sportsman
- Katherine Jenkins - Singer
- Andrew Marr - Political broadcaster
- Davina McCall - Broadcaster
- Trevor McDonald - Broadcaster
- Tom Hardy - Actor
- Roy Kinnear, actor, is buried in East Sheen cemetery
- Jarvis Cocker - singer
- Philip Glenister - Actor
- Beth Goddard - Actor
- James Beck - Actor
- Daniel Craig - Actor
- Tony Mulcahy - one of the three original "supermen"
- Robert Pattinson - Actor
- Catherine Tate - Actor and comedian
- Ross Edwards - Banker
- Omid Djalili - Actor and comedian
[edit] Education
Schools in the area include Richmond Park Academy, Tower House Boys' Preparatory School, a small independent prep-school for boys aged 4–13, East Sheen Primary School, a state school located on Upper Richmond Road West and Sheen Mount School located on West Temple.
[edit] Transport
The area is served by Mortlake railway station.
Bus routes are Transport for London 33, 337 and 493; all of which serve Upper Richmond Road West.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
- ^ IGEW John Marius Wilson: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
- ^ Vision of Britain - Mortlake parish (historic map)
- ^ Vision of Britain - North Sheen parish (historic map)
- ^ Vision of Britain - Barnes UD/MB (historic map)
- ^ Blomfield, David: Kew Past, p 131, Phillimore, 1994
