History thumb|right|The former Sheringham Town Hall The place-name 'Sheringham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Silingeham. It appears as Siringeham in 1174, and Scheringham in the Book of Fees (Liber feodorum) in 1242. The name means 'the homestead of Scira's people'.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.417. thumb|Sheringham (period 1850-98) by Francis Frith Historically, the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing.
History thumb|right|The former Sheringham Town Hall The place-name 'Sheringham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it appears as Silingeham. It appears as Siringeham in 1174, and Scheringham in the Book of Fees (Liber feodorum) in 1242. The name means 'the homestead of Scira's people'.Eilert Ekwall The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.417. thumb|Sheringham (period 1850-98) by Francis Frith Historically the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing.