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Shepperton

Shepperton is a town

Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
in the borough of Spelthorne

Spelthorne

Spelthorne is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Ashford, Surrey, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury-on-Thames....
, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
, England

England

River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
at Desborough Island

Desborough Island

Desborough Island is a large artificially-created island in the River Thames on the reach above Sunbury Lock in Surrey, England. The island was formed in 1930s by the digging of the Desborough Cut, a channel intended to improve the flow of the River Thames....
and is bisected by the M3 motorway

M3 motorway

The M3 motorway is a motorway in Hampshire and Surrey, England. It runs from Sunbury-on-Thames to Southampton and is approximately long. The motorway was built to relieve traffic on the A30 road and A33 road, the congested single carriageway trunk roads that previously carried the traffic....
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The name is derived from 'Shepherd's Town' and the name of one of the older streets, Sheep Walk, still reflects that origin.

Shepperton in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
of 1086 was called Scepertone. It was held by Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic architecture Church , in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster....
. Its domesday assets were: 8 hide

Hide (unit)

The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to "geld", or land tax, in History of Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries....
s. It had 7 plough

Plough

The plough is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture....
s, pasture

Pasture

Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of factory farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses....
for 7 plough

Plough

Weir

A weir is a small overflow-type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been used to create Water mills in such places....
worth 6s 8d.

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Shepperton is a town

Town

Spelthorne

Spelthorne is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Ashford, Surrey, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury-on-Thames....
, Surrey

Surrey

England

River Thames

Desborough Island

M3 motorway

Domesday Book

Westminster Abbey

Hide (unit)

The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to "geld", or land tax, in History of Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries....
s. It had 7 plough

Plough

Pasture

Plough

Weir

A weir is a small overflow-type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been used to create Water mills in such places....
worth 6s 8d. It rendered £6.

The Church Square area, next to the river is the original village. When a railway station

Shepperton railway station

Shepperton railway station is a railway station in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains....
was constructed a mile to the North, linking Shepperton to London's Waterloo station, the village expanded in that direction. Shepperton was a parish in the Staines Rural District

Staines Rural District

Staines was a rural district of Middlesex in England from 1894 to 1935.It was created in 1894 based on the former Staines rural sanitary district....
in Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
from 1894 to 1930, when it became part of the Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District

Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District

Sunbury on Thames - also known as Sunbury - was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 around the town of Sunbury-on-Thames, also covering Littleton, Spelthorne and Shepperton....
. It was transferred to Surrey in 1965 rather than becoming part of Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
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Shepperton Studios

Shepperton Studios

Shepperton Studios is a film studio in Shepperton, Surrey, England with a history dating back to 1931. A part of the Pinewood Group along with Pinewood Studios and Teddington Studios, it has produced many notable films....
is located here. Many films were made here such as Carol Reed

Carol Reed

Sir Carol Reed was an England film director, most famous for directing The Third Man and Oliver! . He won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for the latter....
's The Third Man
The Third Man

The Third Man is a Cinema of the United Kingdom film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles....
, Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield is an United Kingdom comedian, actor and writer, as well as working small-time as a Television director....
's Kevin and Perry Go Large and Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Charles Branagh is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated actor and film director from Northern Ireland....
's Frankenstein
Frankenstein

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing Frankenstein when she was 18 and finished when she was 19....
and John Huston

John Huston

John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
's "The African Queen

The African Queen

The African Queen is an Cinema of the United States drama film directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel from the 1935 in literature novel by C....
" . Shepperton is also the home of author J. G. Ballard

J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard is a United Kingdom novelist and short story writer. He was a prominent member of the New Wave in science fiction. His best known books are the controversial Crash , and the autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, both of which have been adapted to film....
and provides the setting for his novel The Unlimited Dream Company

The Unlimited Dream Company

The Unlimited Dream Company is a novel by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1979. It was nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1980....
, it also gets a mention in the novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells , known by his pen name H. G. Wells, was an England author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction"....
in which its destruction is described. In fact, to non-British people this town and its neighbour Weybridge

Weybridge

Not to be confused with Wadebridge, Cornwall, or weighbridgeWeybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England....
are more likely to be known for their fictional destruction in Wells' book than for any actual event which happened there.

Shepperton is home to Thamesmead School which specializes in music. Famous past students include Ben Smyth - bassist for the band Rooster

Rooster (band)

Rooster were an England indie rock band.Rooster were formed in 2002 by Nick Atkinson , Luke Potashnick , Dave Neale and Ben Smyth . Atkinson and Potashnick were former school friends who reunited while living in London, after both admitted they were struggling to make an impact with their respective bands....
, Steven Ruston - bassist for the band Son Of Dork and Richard Archer

Richard Archer

Richard John Archer is the frontman of UK indie-rock band Hard-Fi. As well as being the lead singer, he is also the principal songwriter and composer....
- lead singer for the chart topping band HARD-Fi

HARD-Fi

Hard-Fi are an England alternative rock musical band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer , Kai Stephens , Ross Phillips and Steve Kemp ....
. Another ex-student of Thamesmead school is Dan Melchior

Dan Melchior

Dan Melchior is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who grew up in Shepperton , England and is often labeled a 'garage rock' musician.He has appeared on 30+ recordings as a solo performer, a collaborator with Billy Childish and Holly Golightly and as a member of Dan Melchior's Broke Revue....
a singer/songwriter/guitarist now living in the USA.

Places of Worship

Shepperton Community Church
Shepperton Baptist Church
St John Fisher (Roman Catholic)
Richmond Drive (Reynolds)
St Nicholas (Church of England)
St Mary Magdalene, Littleton (Church of England)

Notable residents

J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard is a United Kingdom novelist and short story writer. He was a prominent member of the New Wave in science fiction. His best known books are the controversial Crash , and the autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, both of which have been adapted to film....
, author
Frank Finlay
Frank Finlay

Francis "Frank" Finlay, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom stage, film and television actor....
, actor
Tom Rush
Tom Rush

Tom Rush is a noted folk music and blues music singer, songwriter and recording artist....
, blues/folk singer
Peter Moran, Grange Hill
Grange Hill

Grange Hill is a United Kingdom television drama television series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television....
actor
Ray Dorset
Ray Dorset

Ray Dorset is a English people guitarist, singer, songwriter and founder of the skiffle music band , Mungo Jerry.In 1968 he formed the group Good Earth, which also included Colin Earl on keyboard instrument, Dave Hutchins on bass guitar, and Ray Bowerman on drum kit....
, lead singer of Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry

Mungo Jerry are an England folk/classic rock band whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset....

Former residents include:

Celestine Babayaro
Celestine Babayaro

Celestine Hycieth Babayaro is a Nigerian Association football who plays left-back and is currently a free agent....
, Nigerian footballer
Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward Officer of the British Empire , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, particularly noted for his powerful voice and wide vocal range....
, Welsh
Wales

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pop music
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
singer
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson (actress)

Ruth Wilson is an English actress, perhaps best known for her BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated performance in the title role of Jane Eyre ....
, actress

Shepperton

Places of Worship

Notable residents

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