In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shepherdswell like this:
SIBBERTSWOLD, Shebbertswould, or Shepherdswell, a parish, with a village, in Dover district, Kent; on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway, 6 miles NW by N of Dover. It has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office under Dover, both of the name of Shepherdswell. Acres, 1,836. Real property, £2,385. ...
Pop., 411. Houses, 76. The property is divided among a few. The railway here traverses a tunnel 1½ mile long. There are Roman entrenchments in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage, united with Coldred, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £255.* Patron, the Archbishop ofThe church is a pleasing structure; and there is a national school.
Shepherdswell through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shepherdswell, in Dover and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6369
Date accessed: 01st November 2024
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