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'. Waldershare was recorded in the Domesday Book as Walwalesere. In 1086, the village was in the hundred of Eastry in the ancient Lathe of Eastry.Open Domesday: Waldershare. Accessed May 2020. 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.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 In 1931 the parish had a population of 109. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Tilmanstone and Ripple.
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