Sheen in 1859

SHEEN, a parish, in the union of LEEK, S. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW, N. division of the county of STAFFORD, 10 miles (E. by N.) from Winster; 
containing 402 inhabitants.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £63; patrons, alternately, J. Gould, Esq., and Captain Bateman. The church was nearly rebuilt in 1829, at the cost of £1100, raised by a parochial rate. Some children are educated for £12 a year, the produce of bequests. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]