Sherington, Buckinghamshire

Description
Sherington, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village stands 2 miles NNE of Newport Pagnell station on the Wolverton and Newport Pagnell branch of the L. & N.W.R., was known at Domesday as Seritone, and has a post and money order office under Newport Pagnell; telegraph office, Newport Pagnell. The parish comprises 1805 acres; population, 566. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £450. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church stands on an eminence, and is a building of stone chiefly in the Decorated style consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a central tower and spire, with five bells. The interior was damaged by the Puritan soldiers, who were encamped here when on their way to Naseby. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels and some small charities.