Waldershare

Human settlement in England

Tilmanstone

District

Dover

Kent

Region

South East

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List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°11′N 1°16′E / 51.19°N 1.26°E / 51.19; 1.26

Waldershare is a village in the civil parish of Tilmanstone, in the Dover district, in Kent, England, near Dover. It has a church called All Saints Church.

History

The name "Waldershare" means 'District of the forest-dwellers'.^[1] Waldershare was recorded in the Domesday Book as Walwalesere.^[2] In 1086, the village was in the hundred of Eastry in the ancient Lathe of Eastry.^[3] By 1295 the ancient lathe had been merged into the Lathe of St. Augustine. In the 18th century, the noble family of Waldershare were lords of a manor in the parish of Shebbertswell.^[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 109.^[5] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Tilmanstone and Ripple.^[6]

References

^ "Waldershare Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ "Place name: Waldershare". The National Archives. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ Open Domesday: Waldershare. Accessed May 2020.
^ Hasted, Edward. "Parishes: Shebbertswell." The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9. Canterbury: W Bristow, 1800. 375-384. British History Online. Retrieved 29 March 2018
^ "Population statistics Waldershare AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ "Relationships and changes Waldershare AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 May 2024.