North Sheen is an area ofLondon, England in the formerMunicipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey).[1][nb 1] It was incorporated intoKew in 1965 when theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames was created.[2]
There is a North Sheen Bowling Club,[3]North Sheen Cemetery[nb 2] andNorth Sheen Recreation Ground.[4]
North Sheen, whoseetymology is shared withEast Sheen, formed acivil parish from 1894 to 1965.[2] Historically, it formed part of theMortlake parish and became part of the expanded Municipal Borough of Richmond in 1892.[5] Under theLocal Government Act 1894, a new North Sheen parish was created from part of Mortlake,[5] with the remainder of Mortlake then forming part ofBarnes Urban District. The North Sheen parish covered an area of 329 acres (1.33 km2). In 1901 the population was 2,807 and in 1951 it was 7,429.[6]
North Sheen was first marked on maps from 1904.[1] At that time it was mostly undeveloped, but by 1920 residential building was underway.[1]
A major section ofH. G. Wells'The War of the Worlds takes place at Sheen, depicting with considerable detail the destruction caused there by Wells' Martian invaders.
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