Shere
Coordinates: 51°13′14″N 0°28′07″W / 51.2206°N 0.4687°W
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 Shere Church |
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 Shere
Shere shown within Surrey |
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| Population | <5,000 |
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| OS grid reference | TQ070479 |
| District | Guildford |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Guildford |
| Postcode district | GU5 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Mole Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Guildford, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Dorking off the A25. It is a small and attractive village in the traditional English sense. It has a small central cluster of old village houses, shops (including a blacksmith), tea house, art gallery, two pubs and a church. There is also a museum which opens most afternoons at weekends and the former Victorian fire station of 1886 (Grade II Listed and one of the oldest in Surrey) has been converted into public conveniences. The Tillingbourne, a small stream, runs through the centre of the village. Its attractiveness makes it popular with tourists from London and surrounding areas. It can be busy on weekends and bank holidays.
Shere is also a civil parish, consisting of the villages of Shere, Gomshall, Holmbury St. Mary, Peaslake, and most of Abinger Hammer. Shere is part of the census ward Tillingbourne which has a population of 5,216.[1]
Shere appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Essira and Essire. It was held by William the Conqueror. Its domesday assets were: 1 church, 2 mills worth 10s, 14 ploughs, 3 acres (12,000 m2) of meadow, woodland worth 50 hogs. It rendered £15.[2]
[edit] Notable residents
- Harry Edwards (1893-1976), spiritual healer. Founded his Spiritual Healing sanctuary" at "Burrows Lea", a house near Shere, in 1946; he went on to found the "National Federation of Spiritual Healers" (NFSH) in 1959. The work of the sanctuary and the NFSH continues today.[3]
- Benjamin Williams Leader (1831 – 1923), landscape artist. Lived near Shere from 1889-1923 at "Burrows Cross", a large mansion designed by Norman Shaw.
[edit] Movie location
Because of its stereotypically English setting, Shere has been particularly popular with filming:
- Shere was featured in the 1918 DW Griffith silent Hearts of the World.[4]
- Shere was used as Dr. Reeve's village in the 1946 film A Matter of Life and Death.[5]
- Shere was the location for the 1965 science fiction film The Earth Dies Screaming.[5]
- Shere was featured in the 1972 movie The Ruling Class starring Peter O'Toole.[5]
- Shere church features briefly in the wedding scene at the end of the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (filmed in 2004).
- Shere was featured in the 2005 movie The Wedding Date starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney.[5]
- Shere was featured in the 2006 film The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jude Law.[6]
[edit] Books set in Shere
Shere is the setting for the historical novel Anchoress of Shere by Paul L. Moorcraft.
[edit] References
- ^ Census data
- ^ Surrey Domesday Book
- ^ The Harry Edwards Spiritual healing Sanctuary (Royal College of Psychiatrists).
- ^ Schickel, Richard (1984). DW Griffith and the Birth of Film. London: Pavilion. p. 348.
- ^ a b c d "Titles with locations including Shere, Surrey". imdb. http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Shere,%20Surrey,%20England,%20UK&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Shere,%20Surrey,%20England,%20UK.
- ^ "Stars arrive as village becomes a Hollywood backdrop". Surrey Online. http://www.discoverkate.com/2006/02/16/stars-arrive-as-village-becomes-a-hollywood-backdrop/.
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