Editing Shepperton

{{short description|Village in Surrey, England}}
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| type                     = Village
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Shepperton
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.39|-0.46|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name        = Church Square Shepperton - geograph.org.uk - 22859.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Church Square, Shepperton
| population               = 9,753
| population_ref           = (2011 census)<ref name=ons>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=11 February 2003 }} [[United Kingdom Census 2011]] ''[[Office for National Statistics]]'' Shepperton makes up 2011 lower output areas Spelthorne 012C and 012D and Ward: Shepperton Town or 013 which is one of the [[wards of the United Kingdom]].  Note: the towns and villages in Spelthorne have one ward each which covers part of a neighbouring town or village.  For example, half of Laleham is combined with almost half of Shepperton. Retrieved 21 November 2013</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 6.98
| shire_district           = [[Borough of Spelthorne|Spelthorne]]
| shire_county             = [[Surrey]]
| region                   = South East England
| constituency_westminster = [[Spelthorne (constituency)|Spelthorne]]
| post_town                = Shepperton
| postcode_district        = TW17
| postcode_area            = TW
| dial_code                = 01932
| os_grid_reference        = TQ080672
}}
'''Shepperton''' is a village in the [[Borough of Spelthorne|Spelthorne]] district, in north [[Surrey]], England, around {{convert|15|mi|0|abbr=on}} south west of central London. The settlement is on the north bank of the [[River Thames]], between the towns of [[Chertsey]] and [[Sunbury-on-Thames]]. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 [[AD]] and in [[Domesday Book]].

In the 19th century, resident writers and poets included [[Rider Haggard]], [[Thomas Love Peacock]], [[George Meredith]], and [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], who were attracted by the proximity of the [[River Thames]]. The river was painted at [[Walton Bridge]] in 1754 by [[Canaletto]] and in 1805 by [[J. M. W. Turner|Turner]]. [[Shepperton Lock]] and nearby [[Sunbury Lock]] were built in the 1810s, to facilitate river navigation.

Urbanisation began in the latter part of the 19th century, with the construction in 1864 of the [[Shepperton Branch Line]], which was sponsored by [[William Schaw Lindsay]], the owner of Shepperton Manor. Its population rose from 1,810 residents in the early 20th century to a little short of 10,000 in 2011. Lindsay had hoped to extend the railway via Chertsey to connect to the South Western Main Line, however the village station remains a terminus. The rise in population and passing trade led to small businesses lining most of its high street by the end of the 20th century.

[[Shepperton Studios|Shepperton Film Studios]] is in the neighbouring village of [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]], approximately {{convert|1|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the north. The [[Swan Sanctuary, Shepperton|Swan Sanctuary]] and two [[Site of Special Scientific Interest|SSSIs]], one of which is managed by [[Surrey Wildlife Trust]], are nearby.

== Toponymy ==
The first written record of Shepperton is from a charter of 959, in which it appears as ''Scepertune''.<ref name=robbins>{{cite book |last=Robbins |first=Michael |orig-year=1953 |year=2003 |title=Middlesex |publisher=Phillimore |location=Chichester |isbn=9781860772696 |pages= 324–326}}</ref> The name is thought to derive from the [[Old English]] scēp (sheep), hirde (herdsman) and tūn (enclosure, farm or settlement). The name is generally agreed to mean "shepherd's farm" or "shepherd's settlement".<ref>{{cite web |title= Shepperton |publisher= Key to English place-names |url= http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Shepperton |access-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-date= 2 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221002194747/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Shepperton |url-status= live }}</ref>

== History ==
===Early history===
[[File:Reconstructed Face of the Shepperton Woman in the Museum of London.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Reconstruction of the face of the [[Neolithic]] woman buried at Shepperton Henge<ref name=Cotton_2004>{{cite book |editor1-last=Cotton |editor1-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Crocker |editor2-first=Glenys |editor3-last=Graham |editor3-first=Audrey |year=2004 |title=Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey |last=Cotton |first=Jonathan |chapter=Surrey's early past : A survey of recent work |pages=25–27 |chapter-url=https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/aspects02_1.pdf |access-date=27 October 2023 |location=Guildford |publisher=Surrey Archaeological Society |isbn=978-0-95-414603-0 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027214830/https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/aspects02_1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Ramsay_2004>{{cite news |last= Ramsay |first= Seb |date= 22 January 2013 |orig-date= 4 August 2004 |title= Specialist recreates face of woman from 5,000 years ago |work= Manchester Evening News |url= https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/specialist-recreates-face-of-woman-from-5000-1177545 |access-date= 27 October 2023 |archive-date= 27 October 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231027215256/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/specialist-recreates-face-of-woman-from-5000-1177545 |url-status= live }}</ref>]]
The earliest evidence of human activity in the local area is from the middle [[Neolithic]]. A [[henge]], taking the form of a penannular [[ring ditch]], was discovered in the late 1980s, close to the River Ash, to the north of Shepperton Green. The structure was around {{cvt|23|m|ft}} in diameter and is thought to have been constructed {{circa|3500}} [[Common Era|BCE]]. The main entrance to the henge was aligned with the position of the sun at sunrise on the [[summer solstice]] and lumps of red [[ochre]] had been placed inside the ditch to mark the position of the most southerly [[moonrise and moonset|moonrise]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Gibson |first= Alex |year= 2012 |title= Enclosing the Neolithic: Recent studies in Britain and Europe |chapter= An Introduction to the Study of Henges: Time for a Change? |series= BAR International Series |volume= 2440 |publisher= Archaeopress |location= Oxford |isbn= 978-1-4073-1039-8 |pages= 1–20 |chapter-url= https://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10454/5531/2012Timeforachange.pdf |access-date= 27 October 2023 |archive-date= 27 October 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231027215138/https://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10454/5531/2012Timeforachange.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Keys |first= David |date= 11 February 1990 |title= Prehistoric ritual site found near Heathrow |work= The Independent on Sunday |page= 6}}</ref> The ditch appeared to have been refilled and re-excavated in the late Neolithic.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Jones |first= Phil |date= November 1990 |title= Neolithic field monuments and occupation at Staines Road Farm, Shepperton |journal= Surrey Archaeological Society Bulletin |issue= 252 |pages= 6–8 |url= https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/SAS252.pdf |access-date= 27 October 2023 |archive-date= 10 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010103250/https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/SAS252.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Jones |first= Phil |year= 2008 |title= A Neolithic Ringditch and Later Prehistoric Features at Staines Road Farm, Shepperton |publisher= Spoilheap Publications |isbn= 978-0-9558-8460-3 }}</ref> Two burials were discovered at the site - a torso, probably male, and an almost complete skeleton of a female. [[Radiocarbon dating]] showed that the woman had lived in the late 3rd millennium BCE and analysis of the [[isotope analysis|isotope composition]] of her teeth suggested that she had grown up in an area where lead-zinc [[ore]] was found, possibly [[Derbyshire]], the [[Mendip Hills|Mendips]] or the [[North Pennines]].<ref name=Cotton_2004/><ref>{{cite web |last1= Mays |first1= Simon A. |last2= Steele |first2= J. |date= 4 November 1992 |title= Two later Neolithic burials from Staines Road Farm, Shepperton, Surrey, excavated 1989 |publisher= Ancient Monuments Laboratory |url= https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/4270/TWOLATERNEOLITHICBURIALSFROMSTAINESROADFARMSHEPPERTONSURREYEXCAVATED1989 |access-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-date= 15 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230315145008/https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/4270/TWOLATERNEOLITHICBURIALSFROMSTAINESROADFARMSHEPPERTONSURREYEXCAVATED1989 |url-status= live }}</ref> A reconstruction of the face of the woman from the skull was created at the [[University of Manchester]] in 2004.<ref name=Ramsay_2004/>

Finds from the [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] include an inhumation of a woman in her 40s, found on Chertsey Road,<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Cotton |editor1-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Crocker |editor2-first=Glenys |editor3-last=Graham |editor3-first=Audrey |year=2004 |title=Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey |last=Poulton |first=Rob |chapter=Iron Age Surrey |page=53 |chapter-url=https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/aspects04_0.pdf |access-date=5 November 2023 |location=Guildford |publisher=Surrey Archaeological Society |isbn=978-0-95-414603-0 |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230845/https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/aspects04_0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and iron swords, discovered at Shepperton Ranges.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Bird |first1= David G. |last2= Crocker |first2= Glenys M. |last3= McCracken |first3= J.S. |year= 1989 |title= Archaeology in Surrey 1987 |journal= Surrey Archaeological Collections |volume= 79 |pages= 179–189 |doi= 10.5284/1069154 |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-379-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_79/surreyac079_179-189_bird.pdf |access-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230905/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-379-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_79/surreyac079_179-189_bird.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1= Bird |first1= David G. |last2= Crocker |first2= Glenys M. |last3= McCracken |first3= J.S. |year= 1990 |title= Archaeology in Surrey 1988-1989 |journal= Surrey Archaeological Collections |volume= 80 |pages= 201–227 |doi= 10.5284/1069175 |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-379-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_80/surreyac080_201-227_bird.pdf |access-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230940/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-379-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_80/surreyac080_201-227_bird.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Pewter]] plates, from the latter site, are thought to date from the late [[Roman Britain|Roman]] period.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Cotton |editor1-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Crocker |editor2-first=Glenys |editor3-last=Graham |editor3-first=Audrey |year=2004 |title=Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey |last=Bird |first=David G. |chapter=Roman religious sites in the landscape |page=80 |chapter-url=https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/aspects06_0.pdf |access-date=5 November 2023 |location=Guildford |publisher=Surrey Archaeological Society |isbn=978-0-95-414603-0 |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230852/https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/aspects06_0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Evidence of late-Iron Age and [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] settlements was found at Shepperton Green in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Cranham |first= Roy |year= 1979 |title= Excavations at Shepperton Green 1967 and 1973 |journal= Transactions of the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society |volume= 30 |pages= 97–124 |doi= 10.5284/1087170 |url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3243139&recordType=Journal |access-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230901/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3243139&recordType=Journal |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Later history===
Shepperton is recorded in [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Scepertone''. It had a population of 25 households and was held by [[Westminster Abbey]]; (excluding any woodland, marsh and heath) it had eight [[hide (unit)|hides]], [[pasture]] for seven [[carucate]]s and one [[weir]] (worth 6[[shilling (British coin)|s]] 8d per year). In total, the annual amount rendered was [[Pound sterling|£]]6.<ref name="gwp">[http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ0867/shepperton/ Domesday Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055721/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ0867/shepperton/ |date=21 September 2013 }} Shepperton.  Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Powell-Smith |first= Anna |year= 2011 |title= Shepperton |publisher= Open Domesday |url= https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0867/shepperton/ |access-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-date= 3 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221003211856/https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0867/shepperton/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
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The Church Lane and Church Square area, leading to and next to the river predates by several centuries the High Street as the [[nucleated village|village nucleus]]. When the Thames Valley Railway built in 1864 the terminus of [[Shepperton railway station]], {{convert|1|mi}} north, for the 12 initial years a single train and track running to and from [[Strawberry Hill railway station|Strawberry Hill]], the village slowly expanded into its northern fields.<ref>R A Williams, ''The London & South Western Railway, Volume 2: Growth and Consolidation, Chapter 1'', David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, {{ISBN|0-7153-4188-X}}, Chapter 2</ref> Its coming which was largely due to contributions and permission of W. S. Lindsay the owner of Shepperton's manor.<ref name=reynolds>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22224 |title=Shepperton: The hundred of Spelthorne (continued) |editor=Susan Reynolds |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1962 |work=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=19 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919144037/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22224 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[River Thames]] was important for transport from the late 13th century and carried barley, wheat, peas and [[root vegetable]]s to London's markets; later timber, building materials such as bricks, sand and lime, and [[gunpowder]], see the [[Wey Navigation]].<ref name=consvndoc>[http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/602/Trees-Conservation-Areas-and-Listed-Buildings Spelthorne Borough Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717075133/http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/602/Trees-Conservation-Areas-and-Listed-Buildings |date=17 July 2013 }} Lower Halliford Spelthorne BC Conservation Area Appraisal 1994, Richard Fairgrieve Manygate Lane Conservation Area appraisal: in supporting the "successful implementation of modernism" this source cites:
"The Visual Dictionary of Buildings" – Dorling Kindersley
"A History of English Architecture" – Pelican<br>
"The Buildings of Wales Glamorgan" – John Newman<br>
"The Elements of Style" – Mitchell Besley<br>
"Dictionary of Architecture" – Penguin<br>
"Dictionary of Building" – Penguin<br>
"A Vision of Britain" – HRH Prince of Wales – Doubleday</ref>

While the village was wholly agricultural until the 19th century, there are originally expensive gravestones of the local minor gentry in the churchyard, two of which are dedicated to their [[Black British|naturalised black servants]], Benjamin and Cotto Blake who both died in 1781. These bear the inscription "Davo aptio, Argo fidelior, ipso Sanchone facetior". During this long period since the [[Norman Conquest|conquest]] the wealth of the local rector and his [[Bishop of London|bishop]] was great: [[William Grocyn]] was rector 1504–1513 and was an Oxford classical academic who corresponded regularly with [[Erasmus]] and [[Lewis Atterbury (chaplain)|Lewis Atterbury]] (1707–31) expended much of the large parish revenues on having the large tower rebuilt.<ref name=robbins/>

[[File:Shepperton, Middlesex - William Tombleson.png|thumb|right|19th-century Shepperton by [[William Tombleson]]]]
A large net income of rents and [[tithe]]s of £499 per year was paid to the [[rectory]] belonging to S. H. Russell in 1848; this compares to £600 of poor relief, including for supporting its workhouse, paid out in 1829.<ref name=reynolds/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51269 |title=Shepperton |author=Samuel Lewis |author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1848 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109000621/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51269 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/602/Trees-Conservation-Areas-and-Listed-Buildings Spelthorne Borough Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717075133/http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/602/Trees-Conservation-Areas-and-Listed-Buildings |date=17 July 2013 }} Shepperton Conservation Area Appraisal at Church Square 2.2</ref>

A change to secular council-administered rather than church-administered public services followed the establishment of [[poor law union]]s and [[Sanitary District]]s and was completed with the founding, in 1889, of the [[Middlesex County Council]] and [[Staines Rural District]] from 1896. In 1930 on the rural district's abolition, Shepperton became part of the [[Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District]] until its dissolution into a reduced and reconfigured county of [[Surrey]] in 1965. Three districts of the historic county thus did not become part of [[Greater London]]: [[Staines Urban District]] also joined [[Surrey]] and [[Potters Bar Urban District]] joined [[Hertfordshire]].<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10216394/boundary Vision of Britain.org.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017010032/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10216394/boundary |date=17 October 2013 }} Boundary Map.  Retrieved 4 July 2013</ref> In 1951 the [[civil parish]] had a population of 6060.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10129485/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Shepperton AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/surrey%20northern.html|title=Surrey Northern Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2025, a new sand and gravel quarry, operated by [[Cemex]], was opened in Shepperton.<ref>{{cite news |last= Bickle |first= Joseph |date= 4 March 2025 |title= New quarry opens in Surrey which aims to excavate 1.2m tonnes of sand and gravel |work= Surrey Live |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/new-quarry-opens-surrey-aims-31096472 |access-date= 6 March 2025 }}</ref>

;Use in semi-fiction and alleged hauntings
In semi-fiction, [[George Eliot]]'s ''Scenes of Clerical Life telling the Sad Fortunes of The Rev. Amos Barton'', gives a thinly veiled picture of [[Chilvers Coton]]'s church and village in the early 19th century in which she uses the name Shepperton. If anything real is to be gleaned for its use, it is perhaps a passing similarity. ''Shepperton Manor'' by [[John Mason Neale]] was contemporaneously written in 1844 fifteen years after he had spent six years living in the village. Old parts of Shepperton are said to be haunted by the ghost of a headless monk.<ref>{{cite web |title=surrey cryptozoology, ghosts, legends and other paranormal events |url=http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/surrey/surrdata.php?pageNum_paradata=5&totalRows_paradata=166 |publisher=The Paranormal Database |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044135/http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/surrey/surrdata.php?pageNum_paradata=5&totalRows_paradata=166 |url-status=live }}</ref> Battlecrease Hall (formerly home to [[Walter Hayes]], [[Ford Motor Company]] executive and a founder of the company's [[Formula One]] programme)<ref name=Hayes_Whos_Who>{{Who's Who | id= U179097 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U179097 | title=Hayes, Walter Leopold Arthur }}</ref> is alleged by its owners and certain visitors to have [[poltergeist]]s.<ref>[http://www.villagematters.co.uk/shepperton-matters/shepperton-matters-articles/2016/01/things-that-go-bump-in-the-night "Things that go bump in the night"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127031156/http://www.villagematters.co.uk/shepperton-matters/shepperton-matters-articles/2016/01/things-that-go-bump-in-the-night |date=27 November 2016 }} N. Pollard, ''Shepperton Matters'', 31 January 2016.</ref>

===Conservation areas===

====Church Square in Old Shepperton====
[[File:Shepperton, parish church of St. Nicholas - geograph.org.uk - 558728.jpg|thumb|Shepperton's parish church of Saint Nicholas]]

Leading to this is a short, since 1989 bypassed, winding lane from the High Street to Church Square, flanked by Shepperton Manor and the cricket ground, with some listed walls. Sir [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] described the view looking towards the south-east of the square with its now listed buildings and river opening as "one of the most perfect village pictures that the area has to offer".<ref name=consvndoc /> It offers two pub/restaurants <ref>[http://www.edwinns.co.uk Edwinns Brasserie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128143536/http://www.edwinns.co.uk/ |date=28 November 2020 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref> two hotels, the Anchor Hotel<ref>[http://www.anchorhotel.co.uk The Anchor Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122230536/http://www.anchorhotel.co.uk/ |date=22 January 2021 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref> and the Warren Lodge Hotel.<ref>[http://www.warrenlodgehotel.co.uk The Warren Lodge Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123122501/http://www.warrenlodgehotel.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2021 }}.</ref> In this little square there is also the King's Head public house.<ref>The King's Head Grade II listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1178253|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

The riverside manor, late 18th century, (its predecessor, as with the church here, predates the 12th century),<ref>The Manor House Grade II* listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1029694|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> features a room painted and rendered to look like a tent or draped [[damask]]. Also Grade II* listed is the c.&nbsp;1500 [[timber framed]] Old Rectory refronted in the early 18th century,<ref name=reynolds /> and including a reception hall built in 1498.<ref>The Old Rectory Grade II* listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1029698|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> Its front cladding has mathematical tiles.<ref name=consvndoc />

Listed in the same high category of [[listed building]] is the parish church, St Nicholas'&nbsp;– its dedication is as with the ancient riverside churches of [[Thames Ditton]] and [[Chiswick]].<ref>[[Ecclesiastical parish|Parish]] Church Grade II* listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1178304|access-date=8 July 2013}}.</ref>{{#tag:ref|This source notes among other detailed entries about its monuments and history that much of the church is c.1600 with significant [[recycling|recycled]] older materials including rubble and flint to form the [[nave]]; its tower was built using such materials in 1710.|group= n}} Also architecturally Grade II* is restored [[half timbered]] Winches Cottage on the west side of the lane which is 17th century.<ref>Winches Cottage Grade II* listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1029694|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

====Lower Halliford====
[[File:Lower Halliford01.JPG|right|thumb|View up the River Thames towards Lower Halliford]]

The village includes the neighbourhood of Lower Halliford, formerly a near but separate hamlet, which historian Susan Reynolds places at the eastern end of a reduced, river bend-consumed half of the early medieval village, east of the Old Shepperton Conservation Area due to [[erosion]].<ref name=reynolds/><ref>Cary's Map of Middlesex, 1789 – shows the hamlet as Lower Harleford.</ref>

This area is typified by a small number of [[detached]] [[classical architecture|classical]] three-storey 18th century riverside houses high on the riverside road on the outside of the river bend; the bend being flanked by riverside meadows with small boat [[mooring (watercraft)|mooring]]s, low rise chalet-style houses to the south west, the ''Las Palmas Estate'', named after the land once being that of the Spanish Ambassador; further west by the wooded Shepperton Cricket Club and by the village Green, Bishop Duppas Park to the east, formerly Lower Halliford Common and in a small part owned by the Old Manor House (Halliford).<ref>Old Manor House (Halliford) Grade II listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1188038|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

From the 1760s—1860s a [[rope]]ry was an industry here then from the 1860s—1870s [[clay|brick clay]] was extracted.<ref name=consvndoc/>

Halliford Manor, confusingly also called The Old Manor, dates to at least the 13th century and ownership became royal, being held by [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] and the wives of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] and [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]. The [[Bishop of Winchester]], [[Brian Duppa]] (1588–1662) owned the waterside meadows adjoining to the south and was also an important landowner in [[Croydon]]'s history, ''see [[Duppas Hill]]''.{{#tag:ref|The singular owner was [[Brian Duppa|Bishop Duppa]] see [[Apostrophe#Possessives in geographic names|possessives in geographic names]]|group= n}} Wealthy writers built or expanded homes here in the 19th century, primarily as summer residences, such as [[Rider Haggard]], [[Thomas Love Peacock]], [[George Meredith]] and [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]].<ref name=reynolds/><ref name=consvndoc/>

The Old Manor became yet another rebuilt Georgian house. The house which features a [[modillion]]ed [[eaves]] [[cornice]] and glazing-bar [[sash windows]] to the first floor. [[Halliford School]] in the centre of this area was the 18th–19th century home of [[Emma Hamilton]], mistress of [[Admiral Nelson]].<ref>[http://www.hallifordschool.co.uk Halliford School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110150645/https://www.hallifordschool.co.uk/ |date=10 November 2020 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref><ref>Halliford School Grade II listing {{National Heritage List for England|num=1029675|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

The 21st century fully renovated hotel and restaurant (formerly ''the Ship''), ''Harrison's'' with river views<ref>[http://www.harrisonshotel.co.uk Harrison's Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201024009/http://www.harrisonshotel.co.uk/ |date=1 December 2020 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref> is here beside the shorter Red Lion [[public house]] which in turn has a narrow, secluded south-facing public house picnic area overlooking the relatively narrow, non-tidal river Thames. It is for this reason a bridge and ferry was recorded here from 1274 to 1410.<ref name=consvndoc/>

The tern is applicable also to the mostly riverside homes and public park almost surrounded by the [[River Thames]], south of the road from [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]] to [[Chertsey]] including next to [[Walton Bridge]] by [[Walton on Thames]]. The main park is [[Brian Duppa|Bishop Duppas]] Park and almost surrounds completely the Old Manor.

There is mention of Halliford in 962 and there was a settlement there by 1194. However the division into Upper and Lower Halliford does not appear until the late 13th century. [[Upper Halliford]] is a large hamlet in the parish of Sunbury, but Lower Halliford was almost certainly the main settlement of the manor.<ref>[http://www.shepperton-info.co.uk/articles/4/2/The-Hundred-Of-Spelthorne-Shepperton-History-of-Middlesex-County/Page2.html Shepperton-info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104110215/http://www.shepperton-info.co.uk/articles/4/2/The-Hundred-Of-Spelthorne-Shepperton-History-of-Middlesex-County/Page2.html |date=4 January 2011 }} The Hundred of Spelthorne, Shepperton, History of Middlesex County (note: a [[WP:SPS|self-published source]] drawing on Susan Reynolds (1962) above)</ref> The creation of [[Desborough Cut]] diverted the main navigation of the Thames away from the Lower Halliford and Shepperton loop, rendering flooding far less common.<ref name=consvndoc/>

The poet [[Thomas Love Peacock]] lived at Elm Bank House here from 1822 until his death in 1866.<ref name=letters>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_fKcspXDrnAC&dq=%22Edward+Gryffydh+Peacock%22&pg=PR27 Thomas Love Peacock and  Nicholas A. Joukovsky ''The Letters of Thomas Love Peacock: 1792–1827''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612174033/https://books.google.com/books?id=_fKcspXDrnAC&pg=PR27&lpg=PR27&dq=%22Edward+Gryffydh+Peacock%22&source=bl&ots=_McwjDfmpU&sig=RoHtj_d0KM1KIGWKvTquaJhMSOQ&hl=en&ei=nlR4S5mfM4320gSbkImpCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Edward%20Gryffydh%20Peacock%22&f=false |date=12 June 2018 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

====Manygate Lane====
The field land and large houses on this estate were bought by Lyon Homes from landowner and developer Edward Scott in the 1950s.

This estate of buildings on this street are in a conservation area for proving a successful modular development in [[geometric]], white-painted [[modernism]] from in the 1960s, one of very few private sector ''estate housing'' experiments of the 1960s with terraced, white panelled communal landscaped front gardens by Swiss architect Edward Schoolheifer; this American [[Radburn design housing|Radburn]] style was also used by [[Eric Lyons]] ''[[Span Developments]]'' in Ham Common, [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], London, [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], London and [[New Ash Green]], Kent.<ref name=consvndoc/>

==Localities==
The conservation areas of '''Old Shepperton''' and '''Lower Halliford''' are localities, as is [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]].

===Charlton===
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Charlton is a suburban [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and narrow area to the north, bounded to the west by the [[Queen Mary Reservoir]] in [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]], bounded to the east and south by Thames water treatment works from that reservoir and by the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]]. As a well-developed hamlet, bounded by farms, it also referred to as a village or neighbourhood. Its post town is Shepperton. Its [[ecclesiastical parish|parish]] is [[Sunbury-on-Thames]]. In the south of the neighbourhood, on the Shepperton side of the motorway are a general waste transfer station, further fields and Sunbury Golf Course, which has 18 holes and is bisected by the Shepperton railway line.

Charlton appears in [[Domesday Book]] as ''Cerdentone''. It was held by Roger de Rames. Its domesday assets were: 5 [[hide (unit)|hide]]s; 1½ [[plough]]s (with potential for 3½), [[meadow]] for 4 [[plough]]s, cattle pasture. It rendered £1 10s 0d.<ref name="gwp" /> However this manor was in the [[ecclesiastical parish|parish]] of Sunbury and unlike the three adjoining manors, Shepperton, Halliford and Sunbury did not reach down to the river public meadowlands, used for grazing of animals.<ref name=reynolds />

===Shepperton Green===
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Shepperton Green is that part of the village which continues immediately west of the M3 motorway, north-west of the village centre. Across the [[River Ash, Surrey]], which is no more than a stream most of the year, adjoining, to its north is [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]]. Taken together with Littleton, three farms operate on the edges of this conjoined residential area, providing a [[buffer zone|buffer]] to the north and west. Shepperton's central SSSI is on the south side of the motorway ''Sheep Lake Walk and meadows'', managed by [[Surrey Wildlife Trust]]. To the west are large lakes (one sifted and worked for gravel). This means that Shepperton Green with Littleton is buffered to all sides, except for its eastern side with its road bridge to Shepperton proper, classified as Shepperton Town ward and county council electoral division. This area is currently grouped with [[Laleham]] for all local elections.

==High Street and economy==
Shepperton has a traditional high street, shorter than that at nearby [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]] with two medium-size supermarkets, village hall, library, shops, optician, hairdressers, a wide range of restaurants, several cafés, with the railway [[terminal train station|terminus]] at the northern end.

[[Shepperton railway station]] saw high ticketed entries and exits for a settlement of its size to 422,000 (6 April 2010 – 5 April 2011), being a terminus with main commercial destinations being in the [[City of London]], [[Kingston upon Thames]]. commercial hubs of [[List of sub regions used in the London Plan|West London]] and [[South London]] accessed along the route; this is supplemented by secondary school usage, with a substantial state school and private school.<ref>[http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_1011.xls Office of Rail Regulation statistics 2010/11] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030202650/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_1011.xls |date=30 October 2012 }} Usage statistics.  Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

===History board===
The Village Hall in the High Street has a large depiction of the economic life and of the history of the village. In October 2011, a group of children from St Nicholas C of E Primary School won a competition to create the history board, which was then edited by a graphic designer and officially opened by the mayor with a large ceremony and some press, after [[Sunbury-on-Thames|Sunbury]] had held a similar competition. The board itself includes a grassland to represent the pastures and provides local information.

==Public services==
Four infant/junior/primary schools, a senior comprehensive school and senior private school are in the village.

''See [[List of schools in Surrey]]''

[[Home Office]] policing in Shepperton is provided by [[Surrey Police]]. Public transport is co-ordinated by [[Surrey County Council]] who also provide the [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] who have a station in Sunbury.''

[[St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey|St Peter's Hospital]] on the far side of Chertsey is a large [[National Health Service|NHS]] hospital administrated by Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust. It was opened under its existing name in 1947. The [[South East Coast Ambulance Service]] Foundation Trust provides emergency patient transport to and from this facility. Other forms of health care are provided for locally by several small clinics and surgeries.

[[Waste management]] is co-ordinated by the local authority via the Surrey Waste Disposal Authority and domestic waste collected by [[Spelthorne Borough Council]]. Locally produced [[inert waste]] for disposal is sent to [[landfill]] in [[Alfold, Surrey|Alfold]] and [[Shefford, Bedfordshire|Shefford]], and a proportion to energy from waste plants in Slough and Kent to lower landfill tax. Plans have been approved to permit gasification in Charlton in the north of the Shepperton post town as part of the county's Eco Park to take up to half of the county's residual waste. Shepperton's [[distribution network operator]] for electricity is [[UK Power Networks]]; aside from renewables there are no [[power station]]s in the area. [[Thames Water]] manages Shepperton's [[drinking water|drinking]] and [[waste water]]; water supplies being sourced from the London sources including several reservoirs fed by the [[River Thames]] locally. There are [[water treatment]] works at [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]], [[Hampton, London|Hampton]] and [[sewage treatment]] works at [[Isleworth]].

==Topography==
Shepperton has a long boundary with the [[River Thames]] in its southernmost salient, which almost surrounds [[Borough of Spelthorne|Spelthorne]]. Old Shepperton is almost surrounded by the extreme southern [[meander]] within this. Prehistoric [[Holocene glacial retreat|glacial retreat]] north of this has made the north bank almost flat for a considerable distance and as such, elevation never exceeds 14&nbsp;m [[Above Ordnance Datum|above mean sea level]] (on the border of [[Laleham]]).<ref name=os/> The river never exceeds 11.5&nbsp;m, (beside Dumsey Meadow and under [[Chertsey Bridge]]). The lowest elevation is 9&nbsp;m in flood meadows at the confluence of the [[River Ash, Surrey|Ash]] with the Thames. The Ash is the border with [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]] and [[Sunbury-on-Thames]] (mostly, to the northeast, with its technical [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]], [[Upper Halliford]]).

[[Dumsey Meadow]] SSSI is the only piece of undeveloped, unfenced water meadow by the river remaining on the [[River Thames]] below [[Caversham, Berkshire|Caversham]], and is home to a variety of rare plants and insects.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukbap%2dreporting.org.uk/plans/action.asp?X%3D%257B946AB512%252D1DA8%252D45F6%252DA464%252DD6B27943EC6B%257D%26WES%3D%26P%3D1%26O%3D2%26CTY%3D%7B88512960%2D2D7C%2D42F1%2D98F0%2DDCDCBE29508B%7D%26CTRY%3D%7B7C884413%2D1AC7%2D48B6%2DADCD%2D23CBA1482CD6%7D%26H%3D%7BE7D29822%2D8D7F%2D4798%2D9731%2D8262D355DB51%7D%26S%3D |title=Biodiversity action Reporting System, Dumsey Meadow Retrieved 14 July 2013 |access-date=18 November 2009 |archive-date=18 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118175808/http://www.ukbap%2dreporting.org.uk/plans/action.asp?X%3D%257B946AB512%252D1DA8%252D45F6%252DA464%252DD6B27943EC6B%257D%26WES%3D%26P%3D1%26O%3D2%26CTY%3D%7B88512960%2D2D7C%2D42F1%2D98F0%2DDCDCBE29508B%7D%26CTRY%3D%7B7C884413%2D1AC7%2D48B6%2DADCD%2D23CBA1482CD6%7D%26H%3D%7BE7D29822%2D8D7F%2D4798%2D9731%2D8262D355DB51%7D%26S%3D |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Swan Sanctuary, Shepperton|Swan Sanctuary]] moved to an old gravel extraction site by Fordbridge Road in 2005 from its former base in [[Egham]].

On the opposite bank are in downstream order are [[Chertsey Bridge]] and [[Chertsey|Chertsey Meads]], the Hamm Court area of [[Addlestone]], three islands, (the first two of which have multiple properties) ([[Lock Island|Lock]]{{#tag:ref|This has a stretch of open grass where refreshments are served.|group= n}}, [[Hamhaugh Island|Hamhaugh]] and [[D'Oyly Carte Island|D'Oyly Carte]], one large man-made island, ([[Desborough Island|Desborough]]), and the riverside parts of [[Walton on Thames]], the upstream part of which is also open land, Cowey Sale Park.{{#tag:ref|Refreshments are served.|group= n}} The towpath is the official route of three passing through the Shepperton reaches (of the [[Thames Path]]) as heading upstream from [[Hampton Court Palace]] another marked version takes [[Walton Bridge]], the official version takes the Shepperton-Weybridge Ferry and another marked version crosses to the north bank at [[Chertsey Bridge]].<ref name=os/>

;Upper Halliford
{{main|Upper Halliford}}
Upper Halliford has since the early 20th century been in Shepperton [[post town]], and almost [[wikt:contiguous|contiguous]], but with its own station, residential roads, fair and shopping parade, even an Upper Halliford Village sign. Arguably in modern analysis it is a village, with the second highest concentration of development in the post town.<ref name=os>[http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ0867 Grid square map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123124224/https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-maps/ |date=23 January 2021 }} [[Ordnance survey]] website</ref>

;Shepperton Green
This neighbourhood is smaller than the adjoining village, separated by the M3 motorway and some adjoining meadows and fields. The second of the borough's [[Metropolitan Green Belt|Green Belt]] [[Sites of Special Scientific Interest|SSSIs]], Sheep Walk Meadows, is a key feature of Shepperton Green, bounding it, to its south. A [[Anglo-Saxon burial|Saxon and medieval burial ground]] gives its name to the Saxon Junior School who use it for playing fields and has [[Scheduled Ancient Monument|Scheduled]] status.<ref>Anglo-Saxon and medieval cemetery {{National Heritage List for England|num=1005939|access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref> A farm combined with a significant amount of fishing and gravel lakes form the outskirts and within the [[nucleated village|clustered settlement]] an estate of the homes was built as non-serving personally [[barracks]] for the [[British Army]].<ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/welfare-support/23579.aspx Ministry of Defence – Army – Welfare Support] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013081608/http://www.army.mod.uk/welfare-support/23579.aspx |date=13 October 2013 }} Retrieved 17 September 2013</ref>

{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Nearest Settlements'''
|Centre    = Shepperton
|North     = <small>''across'' [[Upper Halliford]]<br />''or'' Charlton (both Shepperton, TW17):</small><br />[[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]]<br />[[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]]
|Northeast = [[Upper Halliford]]/[[Sunbury-on-Thames]]
|East      = [[Walton-on-Thames]]
|Southeast = [[Oatlands, Surrey|Oatlands]], Weybridge
|South     = [[Weybridge]]
|Southwest = [[Addlestone]]
|West      = [[Chertsey]]
|Northwest = [[Laleham]]
}}

== Demography and housing ==

===Historic figures===
The population of Shepperton, according to the census of 1801, was 731. This number increased gradually to 858 forty years later, increasing further to the end of the 19th century. Between 1891 and 1901 its population rose by 511 to 1,810. The population also rose substantially between 1931 and 1951, to 6,060 people. Data for 1801–1951 is available at Britain Through Time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10129485/cube/TOT_POP |title=Shepperton through time : Population Statistics : Total Population |access-date=6 December 2007 |work=A Vision of Britain through Time |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216222745/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10129485/cube/TOT_POP |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001]] and [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]]es give detailed information about the Town ward and Shepperton Green{{#tag:ref|Two lower-level Output Areas, the ward was revived in 2011.|group= n}}.

{| border="1" class="wikitable" align="center"
|+ '''Population of Shepperton'''
! Year !!1801 !! 1811 !! 1821 !! 1831 !! 1841 !! 1851 !! 1881 !! 1891
|-
! Population
| 731 || 751 || 782 || 847 || 858 || 807 || 1285 || 1299
|-
! Year !! 1901 !! 1911 !! 1921 !! 1931 !! 1941 !! 1951 !! 2001 !! 2011
|-
! Population
| 1810 || 2337 || 2858 || 3424 || n/a || 6060 || 9554 || 9753
|-
|}

===Other===
The settlement had 9,753 residents, living in 4,301 households. Of those, 83.6% of residents described their health as 'good', for this overall figure, above the regional average. Of these people 47.3% described their health as very good, below the regional average. 20.4% of 16- to 74-year-olds had no work qualifications, below the English average of 22.5%. In 2011 the area had only 114 people who were in the category "never worked/long-term unemployed".<ref>{{cite web | title=Neighbourhood Statistics LSOAs: Spelthorne 012C and 012D and Ward: Shepperton Town | work=Office for National Statistics 2001 and 2011 censuses | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk | access-date=28 June 2013 | archive-date=11 February 2003 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadBoundaryViewerDisplay.do?m=0&s=1387221808064&enc=1&Bm1=true&mapAction=Pan&mapX=&mapY=&mapScale=25010&envelope=504800.340634623%3A166678.255506524%3A510398.516508229%3A171310.315922037&mapWidth=846&mapHeight=700&rightTabWidth=36&xW=1400&xH=1050&panDir=5&showLabels=true&colOpt=0&search=&bCount=1&Lm1=true&CCa7=0&CCa6=0&CCa5=0&CCa4=0&CCa3=0&CCa2=0&CCa1=0&CCm2=19&CCi5=8&CCm1=19&CCi6=8&CCi7=8&CCi8=8&CCi1=8&CCi2=8&CCi3=8&CCi4=8&CCe2=12&CCe1=12&CCi9=8&CCi10=8&CCj1=7&CCn2=11&CCn1=11&CCj2=7&CCf1=3&CCb1=1&CCg1=6&CCg2=6&CCg3=6&CCg4=6&CCk2=10&CCg5=6&CCk1=10&CCg6=6&CCg7=6&CCc2=2&CCc1=2&CCh2=4&CCd4=5&CCh3=4&CCd5=5&CCd6=5&CCh1=4&CCl1=13&CCh4=4&CCd1=5&CCd3=5&CCd2=5&mapInCol=false&mapBGShown=true&exp0=false&exp1=false&exp2=false&exp3=false&exp4=false&exp5=false&exp6=false&exp7=false&exp8=false&exp9=false&exp10=false&exp11=false&exp12=false&exp13=false&south.x=2&south.y=11&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1483 Ward map confirming correlation of ward to output areas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216214552/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadBoundaryViewerDisplay.do?m=0&s=1387221808064&enc=1&Bm1=true&mapAction=Pan&mapX=&mapY=&mapScale=25010&envelope=504800.340634623%3A166678.255506524%3A510398.516508229%3A171310.315922037&mapWidth=846&mapHeight=700&rightTabWidth=36&xW=1400&xH=1050&panDir=5&showLabels=true&colOpt=0&search=&bCount=1&Lm1=true&CCa7=0&CCa6=0&CCa5=0&CCa4=0&CCa3=0&CCa2=0&CCa1=0&CCm2=19&CCi5=8&CCm1=19&CCi6=8&CCi7=8&CCi8=8&CCi1=8&CCi2=8&CCi3=8&CCi4=8&CCe2=12&CCe1=12&CCi9=8&CCi10=8&CCj1=7&CCn2=11&CCn1=11&CCj2=7&CCf1=3&CCb1=1&CCg1=6&CCg2=6&CCg3=6&CCg4=6&CCk2=10&CCg5=6&CCk1=10&CCg6=6&CCg7=6&CCc2=2&CCc1=2&CCh2=4&CCd4=5&CCh3=4&CCd5=5&CCd6=5&CCh1=4&CCl1=13&CCh4=4&CCd1=5&CCd3=5&CCd2=5&mapInCol=false&mapBGShown=true&exp0=false&exp1=false&exp2=false&exp3=false&exp4=false&exp5=false&exp6=false&exp7=false&exp8=false&exp9=false&exp10=false&exp11=false&exp12=false&exp13=false&south.x=2&south.y=11&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1483 |date=16 December 2013 }} [[Office for National Statistics]] Retrieved 16 December 2013</ref>

===Housing, area and population===

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
|+ '''2011 Census Homes'''
|-
!Super Output area !!Detached  !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments!!Caravans/temporary/mobile homes!!Shared between households<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Shepperton Green west	||111	||	288	||	168	||	44	||	1	||	0
|-
|Shepperton Green east	||73	||	408	||	89	||	7	||	2	||	0
|-
|Old Shepperton and west	||477	||	250	||	211	||	112	||	1	||	0
|-
|North-east	||225	||	140	||	39	||	98	||	29	||	0
|-
|Lower Halliford and Marina	||	236	||	341	||	83	||	117	||	1	||	0
|-
|Centre and Las Palmas estate	||	226	||	143	||	206	||	77	||	27	||	0
|}
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Super Output area !!Population !!Households !!% Owned outright !!% Owned with a loan!!hectares<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Shepperton Green west	||1,566	||	617	||	44.1	||	44.1	||	101	
|-
|Shepperton Green east	||1,510	||	647	||	26.7	||	38.3	||	57	
|-
|Old Shepperton and west||	1,756	||	783	||	55.7	||	33.7	||	290
|-
|North-east	||1,871	||	767	||	41.1	||	43.2	||	44	
|-
|Lower Halliford and Marina	||1,472	||	689	||	48	||	36.6	||	155
|-
|Centre and Las Palmas estate	||1,578	||	808	||	41.7	||	30.8	||	51
|}
The proportion of households in the settlement who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).

==Culture==

===Film===

====Shepperton Studios====
{{main|Shepperton Studios}}
[[Shepperton Studios]] is home to a multi-disciplinary film production facility from on-set, through to television and various forms of animation. This also acts as a base for on-location film work for television dramas in the South East and in films, for instance for productions partly shot in the [[Burnham Beeches]] woods less than {{convert|10|mi}} away. These adjoin Shepperton Green, in the now negligible village of [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]]. In the 1930s its Littleton manor's core, which covered {{convert|60|acres}} was converted into film production lots. This was reduced to {{convert|20|acres}} in 1973. Works produced or shot wholly or in part on its 15 stages, other lots or in its extensive animation facilities since the new millennium include: 
*''[[Billy Elliot]]'', ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'', ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000)
*''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'', ''[[Gosford Park]]'' (2001), ''[[Spy Game]]'' (2001)
*''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'', ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' (2002)
*''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003)
*''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'', ''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]'' (2004)
*''[[Batman Begins]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', ''[[Sahara (2005 film)|Sahara]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'' (2006)
*''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]'', ''[[Elizabeth: The Golden Age]]'', ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' (2007)
*''[[Inkheart (film)|Inkheart]]'', ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'', ''[[Nine (2009 live-action film)|Nine]]'', ''[[The Young Victoria]]'' (2009)
*''[[Clash of the Titans (2010 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'', ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (2010)
*''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'', ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' (2011)
*''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]'',<ref name="anna-karenina">{{cite news |last= Wright |first= Joe |date= 2 September 2012 |title= Anna Karenina: Joe Wright's coup de théâtre on Tolstoy's doomed heroine |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/02/anna-karenina-joe-wright-shepperton |work= The Guardian |access-date= 23 January 2021 |archive-date= 24 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201024041403/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/02/anna-karenina-joe-wright-shepperton |url-status= live }}</ref> ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (2012)
*''[[Fast & Furious 6]]'', ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'', ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' (2013)<ref>[http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/our-studios/uk/shepperton-studios/credits pinewoodgroup.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123124215/https://pinewoodgroup.com/pinewood-today/credits |date=23 January 2021 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

====Halliford Studios====
Lower Halliford, a completely [[wikt:contiguous|contiguous]] so also integral part of Shepperton, used to be home to Halliford Film Studios, opposite the Manygate Lane conservation area, built in 1955 and one of the first film studios devoted to TV commercial production. It was an independent film studio used for commercials, small television productions and other short "promos". The studio was recently closed and demolished.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/independent%20studios.htm |title= Film studios in and around London... |author= <!--Not stated--> |date=  |website=  |publisher=  |access-date= 23 January 2021 |archive-date= 18 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210118125710/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/independent%20studios.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Literature===
[[George Eliot]] depicted Shepperton as set out [[#History|above]].

Shepperton was the home of author [[J. G. Ballard]], the so-called "Seer of Shepperton",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Alex|title=Microdoses of madness|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/09/fiction.jgballard|access-date=3 October 2014|work=Guardian|date=9 September 2000|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006223017/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/09/fiction.jgballard|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Karl|title=The Velvet Underground of English Letters: Simon Sellars Discusses J.G. Ballard|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/10226-ballard-extreme-metaphors-simon-sellars-interviewed|website=thequietus.com|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> and provides the setting for his novels ''[[Crash (J. G. Ballard novel)|Crash]]'' (in which a couple become sexually aroused through car crashes and was written as the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]] was being built past the end of his street) and ''[[The Unlimited Dream Company]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/19/jg-ballard-author-dies-aged-78 "Crash author JG Ballard, 'a giant on the world literary scene', dies aged 78"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225213855/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/19/jg-ballard-author-dies-aged-78 |date=25 February 2017 }} ''[[The Guardian]]'' Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>{{#tag:ref|Lived in his semi-detached house in Shepperton for over fifty years until his death in 2009|group= n}}

Shepperton is mentioned in the novel ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.authorama.com/the-war-of-the-worlds-14.html |title=The War of the Worlds - Chapter Twelve (By H.G. Wells) |access-date=1 July 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203231446/http://www.authorama.com/the-war-of-the-worlds-14.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in which its destruction is described along with nearby settlements.

It is also mentioned in the novel ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/50/oliver-twist/952/chapter-21-the-expedition/ |title=Oliver Twist (By Charles Dickens) - Chapter 21: The Expedition |publisher=Lit2Go |access-date=22 December 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222124154/https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/50/oliver-twist/952/chapter-21-the-expedition/ |url-status=live }}</ref> where Bill Sikes tempts Oliver into visiting a house there, but instead, when they get there, Oliver is dragged on to a lonely house nearby by Sikes.

===Fine art===
[[File:Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) - A View of Walton Bridge - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Canaletto - A View of Walton Bridge]]
[[J. M. W. Turner]] painted in 1805 two scenes of the shimmering river and fishermen on the far banks of the Lower Halliford part of Shepperton including the wide landscape work ''Walton Bridges'' widely exhibited in 1807 following a previous similar work by [[Canaletto]] of the scene in 1754.<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-thames-near-walton-bridges-n02680 Tate Gallery ''Turner: The Thames Near Walton Bridges''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212110538/http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-thames-near-walton-bridges-n02680 |date=12 February 2014 }} Retrieved 2013-07-13<br />[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-reach-n02681 Tate Gallery ''Turner: Walton Reach''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212110553/http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-reach-n02681 |date=12 February 2014 }} Retrieved 2013-07-13</ref><ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-bridges-tw0867 Tate Gallery ''Turner: Walton Bridges''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307113036/http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-bridges-tw0867 |date=7 March 2013 }} Retrieved 13 July 2013</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/a-view-of-walton-bridge-199969 ''A View of Walton Bridge''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523120141/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/a-view-of-walton-bridge-199969 |date=23 May 2015 }} BBC – Arts – Your Paintings [[Canaletto]] courtesy of [[Dulwich Picture Gallery]] Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

==Sport and recreation==
There are recreation grounds for football on both sides of the M3: one in Shepperton Green and two in Shepperton/Lower Halliford; one has adjoining tennis courts. Through the town there is the [[Thames Path]] and there are popular adjacent flat cycling routes to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], [[Hampton Court Palace]] and [[Richmond, London|Richmond]]. There is a golf course north of the station in the historic parish of [[Sunbury-on-Thames|Sunbury]] so anachronistically named ''Sunbury Golf Club'' and for a time ''American Golf at Sunbury'' with two courses, a driving range and Crown Golf Academy<ref>[http://www.sunburygolf.co.uk Sunbury Golf Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215105738/https://sunburygolf.co.uk/ |date=15 December 2020 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref> as Sunbury is a larger settlement.

Desborough Sailing Club is based here with its own dinghy basin, private inlet and secluded reach of the river Thames and international medal-winner training club [[Queen Mary Reservoir]] Sailing Club lies between Shepperton and [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]].

[[Angling]] is substantial at Halliford Mere fisheries and on the River Thames itself.<ref>[http://www.hallifordmere.co.uk/ Halliford Mere Lakes & Pavilion: a Trout Fishery, fly-fishing, a restaurant and pavilion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123124216/http://www.hallifordmere.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2021 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

Shepperton has a thriving cricket club, which has teams in the Fullers Surrey County League.<ref>[http://shepperton.play-cricket.com/ Shepperton Cricket Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727052509/http://shepperton.play-cricket.com/ |date=27 July 2012 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

==Places of worship==
There are several churches in the village covering three denominations of Christianity.

The architecturally listed stone-clad church to St Nicholas on the preserved village square ([[Church of England]]) is led by the [[rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of Shepperton, Rev Chris Swift and is committed to helping the largest Shepperton primary school and contributes to a wide range of local good causes.<ref>[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-nicholas-shepperton/ Church of England ecclesiastical parish information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226150209/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-nicholas-shepperton/ |date=26 February 2012 }} Retrieved 7 August 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.stnicholaschurch-shepperton.org.uk/ St Nicholas Church Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325190145/http://www.stnicholaschurch-shepperton.org.uk/ |date=25 March 2012 }} Retrieved 7 August 2013</ref>

Founded in 1936, St John Fisher Roman Catholic church led by Fr Shaun Richards adopts a vibrant approach to parish life involving "Prayer, Partnership, Pilgrimage, and [[Pantomime|Panto]]" the last two of which are annual and the first two of which are intended to be daily or regular activities of its believers. The parish places emphasis on helping the housebound and sick, [[CAFOD]] and takes part in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster|Westminster Diocese]] pilgrimage to [[Lourdes]].<ref>[http://www.sjfchurch.org.uk/ St John Fisher Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427023253/http://www.sjfchurch.org.uk/ |date=27 April 2014 }} Retrieved 7 August 2013</ref>

Jubilee Church, Shepperton was formed as a new church in 1982 to celebrate in modern "mainstream Christianity" being less focussed on ceremony than the two oldest UK churches. Its twin values are: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart&nbsp; ... and your neighbour as your self."<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|22:37}}, {{bibleverse-nb|Matthew|22:39}}</ref> and Make disciples.<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|28:19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.jubileechurchshepperton.org/ Jubilee Church, Shepperton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625031316/http://www.jubileechurchshepperton.org/ |date=25 June 2013 }} Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>

[[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]] has a co-led Church of England; [[Upper Halliford]] has a [[Baptists|Baptist church]] for further details of which see those articles.

==Notable people==
Notable residents, past and present including less historic literary figures than mentioned above, include:
*[[Ian Allan (publisher)|Ian Allan]], publisher of railway books
*[[Olivia Anderson]], South African international cricketer{{dubious|date=March 2015}}<!-- source does not confirm fact--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/317160.html |title=Player Profile: Olivia Anderson |publisher=[[Cricinfo]] |access-date=3 April 2010 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209160544/http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/317160.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Celestine Babayaro]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/former-full-back-babayaro-declared-bankrupt-1395209 |title=Ex Chelsea player, Celestine Babayaro declares bankruptcy |publisher=chroniclelive.co.uk |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=12 July 2013 |archive-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903074355/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/former-full-back-babayaro-declared-bankrupt-1395209 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/eiir/IIRMasterPage.asp Bankruptcy and Individual Insolvency Register entry no 437] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702220044/http://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/eiir/IIRMasterPage.asp |date=2 July 2013 }} dated 4 January 2011.  Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>
*[[J. G. Ballard]], English novelist, short story writer and essayist
*[[Lynne Reid Banks]], late 20th century author with children's best-seller ''[[The Indian in the Cupboard]]'' (1980) with four sequels and adult novels such as ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1960)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lynnereidbanks.com/biog.html |title= Lynne Reid Banks author |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2011 |publisher= Lynne Reid Banks |access-date= 23 January 2021 |archive-date= 4 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200204053608/http://www.lynnereidbanks.com/biog.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
*[[John Boorman]], film director<ref name=John_Boorman>{{cite news |last= Brooks |first= Xan |date= 4 June 2015 |title= John Boorman: 'Deliverance would be impossible to make today' |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/john-boorman-deliverance-would-be-impossible-to-make-today |work= The Guardian |access-date= 23 January 2021 |archive-date= 8 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110003/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/john-boorman-deliverance-would-be-impossible-to-make-today |url-status= live }}</ref>
*[[Bernard Braden]] and [[Barbara Kelly]], television presenters and producers.<ref name=sm/>
*[[Ray Dorset]], lead singer of [[Mungo Jerry]] and songwriter of chart-topper ''[[Feels Like I'm in Love]]''<ref>[[General Register Office for England and Wales|General Register Office]] births registered in Staines Registration District Q1 1946 vol 3a p25 republished in local libraries and by [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl freebmd.org.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101100547/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl |date=1 November 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Robert Faurisson]], French academic (1929-2018)
*[[Frank Finlay]], actor<ref>[[Bolton Evening News]], 2 June 2005</ref>
*[[John Gregson]], actor and his wife [[Thea Gregory]], actress<ref name=sm>[http://content.yudu.com/Library/A213g5/February2013Sheppert/resources/4.htm ''Shepperton Matters: Famous People of Shepperton'' Issue 17 February 2013 page 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226072215/http://content.yudu.com/Library/A213g5/February2013Sheppert/resources/4.htm |date=26 December 2013 }} Nick Pollard of Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society. Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>
*[[Walter Hayes]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] public relations executive instrumental in developing the company's [[Formula One]] programme<ref name=Hayes_Whos_Who/>
*[[Steve Holley]], Paul McCartney's drummer in '[[Wings (band)|Wings]]'<ref>[http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1599&p=0 Locally Listed Buildings under ref. LL/156] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104438/http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1599&p=0 |date=24 September 2015 }} Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 17 March 2015</ref> 
*[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], singer<ref>[http://www.themodernhouse.net/sales-list/manygate-lane-11/history/ themodernhouse.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123124145/https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/manygate-lane-11/history/ |date=23 January 2021 }} "Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17" The Modern House Ltd, 5 Baldwin Terrace London N1 7RU. Retrieved 8 July 2013</ref>
*[[Janet Munro]], actress, and [[Ian Hendry]], actor, lived on [[Pharaoh's Island, River Thames|Pharaoh's Island]] in Shepperton
*[[Janek Schaefer]], British Composer of the Year in Sonic Art has a studio in Shepperton, 'innerspaces' inspired by J.G.Ballard
*[[Ruth Wilson]], actress<ref>{{cite news |last= Genower |first= Ellie |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/223/223611_ruth_is_following_footsteps_of_the_famous.html |title= Ruth is following footsteps of the famous |work= Manchester Evening News |date= 20 October 2006 |access-date= 10 June 2023 |archive-date= 5 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230855/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/ruth-is-following-footsteps-of-the-famous-1042387 |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Notes and references==
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