Country: | England |
Static Image: | All Saints Church, Waldershare.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 220px |
Static Image Caption: | All Saints Church |
Official Name: | Waldershare |
Coordinates: | 51.19°N 1.26°W |
Label Position: | top |
Civil Parish: | Tilmanstone |
Shire District: | Dover |
Shire County: | Kent |
Region: | South East England |
Postcode District: | CT15 |
Postcode Area: | CT |
Os Grid Reference: | TR2948 |
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.
The name "Waldershare" means 'District of the forest-dwellers'.[1] Waldershare was recorded in the Domesday Book as Walwalesere.[2] In 1086, the village was in the hundred of Eastry in the ancient Lathe of Eastry.[3] 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.[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 109.[5] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Tilmanstone and Ripple.[6]