Sheen in 1817

Description from A Topographical History of Staffordshire by William Pitt (1817)

SHEEN.

Sheen is a small parish, situated near the west bank of the Dove, and bordering on Derbyshire. The face of the country here is wild and romantic, but the soil about the hamlet of Sheen is fertile. This parish contains 63 houses, 73 families; 205 males, 209 females: total of inhabitants 414.

The hamlet of Sheen consists of a few large farm-houses. The Church is a small ancient structure of stone, with a low tower. There are several ancient inscriptions of the seventeenth century on the tomb-stones in the church-yard; the letters and figures are large, and cut in basso-relievo, like the carving on wood at that period.

There is one remarkable instance of longevity recorded by the sculptor, namely, to the memory of Isaac Gilman, who died Feb the 8th, 1805, in the 99th year of his age. The church is a curacy: the Rev. Matthew Beetham is the present curate.