Visit Sheen, Staffordshire Places

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Sheen, Staffordshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sheen, Staffordshire

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Sheen, Staffordshire history

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Sheen may come from Old English sceon: shelters (perhaps herdsmen’s shelters) Sheen may also be known as beautiful or beautiful.

Prehistoric

There are three Bronze Age bowl barrows near crossroads 640 metres (700 yd) north of the hamlet of Brund . Brund Low is about 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) high and about 40 metres (130 ft) across; excavations in the 19th century found human cremations and flint and bronze artifacts . Rye Low, near buildings south of Townend is about 0.8 metres (2.6ft) high .

Church

The present Church of St Luke at Sheen, presumably on the same site, is a Grade II* listed building . Its origins are of the 14th century; it was mostly rebuilt between 1828 and 1832 .

A. J. B. Hope

A. J. B. Hope inherited the Beresford estate, which was mostly in Alstonefield, extending into Sheen . He wanted to make Sheen “the Athens of the Moorlands” He rebuilt the church, built a new house for the incumbent to the design of William Butterfield .

Buildings

At Knowsley in the north of the parish is the shaft of a stone cross, 15th-century or later . It was re-erected near its former site in 1897 .

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Best Sheen, Staffordshire places to visit

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Sheen, Staffordshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sheen, Staffordshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sheen, Staffordshire’s information audio spots:

Pilsbury Castle Pilsbury Castle was a Norman castle in Derbyshire. It was near the present-day village of Pilsbury, overlooking the River Dove.

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