Shephall

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Shephall
St Mary's Church, Stevenage 15-11-2013 15-19-00.JPG
St Mary's Church, Shephall
Shephall is located in Hertfordshire
Shephall
Shephall
Location within Hertfordshire
Population6,210 (2011 Census. Shephall Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTL256228
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStevenage
Postcode districtSG2
Dialling code01438
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire
51°53′26″N 0°10′35″W / 51.890572°N 0.176474°W / 51.890572; -0.176474Coordinates: 51°53′26″N 0°10′35″W / 51.890572°N 0.176474°W / 51.890572; -0.176474

Shephall (SHEP-hall) is part of the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire. It was formerly a separate village and parish, being absorbed into Stevenage in 1953.

Shephall was an ancient parish in the hundred of Cashio.[2] It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was owned partly by St Albans Abbey and partly by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was described as having eleven households of villagers, two households of cottagers and one slave.[3] The village was clustered around Shephall Green. The parish church of St Mary, on the east side of the green, was built in the 14th century.[4]

The parish of Shephall was included in the Hitchin Poor Law Union from 1835.[5] It therefore became part of the Hitchin Rural Sanitary District in 1872, which in turn became the Hitchin Rural District in 1894.[6]

In 1946 Shephall was included in the designated area for the new town of Stevenage. The new town was initially developed as six neighbourhoods, each with its own facilities including shops and schools. Work began on the Shephall neighbourhood in 1953, gradually surrounding the old village. A neighbourhood shopping centre was built at The Hyde, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the old village. The original core of the village was designated as the Shephall Green conservation area in 1973.[7]

The civil parish of Shephall was absorbed into Stevenage Urban District on 1 April 1953.[8] The modern district council ward of Shephall covers the 1950s neighbourhood and Shephall Green, but is smaller in area than the former parish.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shephall Ward". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ Page, William (1908). A History of the County of Hertford, Volume 2 (2nd ed.). London: Victoria County History. pp. 443–446. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Shephall". Open Domesday. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Church of Saint Mary, Shephall Green (1101152)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Hitchin Poor Law Union". The Workhouse. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Shephall Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ^ Shephall Green Conservation Area Management Plan (PDF). Stevenage: Stevenage Borough Council. 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ Ministry of Housing and Local Government Order No. 3452: The County of Hertford (Stevenage Urban District and Hertford and Hitchin Rural Districts) Confirmation Order, 1953
  9. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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