A former village resident recalls that from 1940 to 1945 there was an air raid shelter for the pupils at the school dug into the bank in School Lane. After the war she recalls there being several food shops in the centre of the village- today there are none. In 1978 a new village sign was commissioned. It was designed by Chichester Cathedral's top craftsman Harold Thompson, made by local blacksmith Steve Pibworth and unveiled in March 1978. The village continued to grow throughout the latter third of the 20th century and became a parish in 1990. There is a war memorial outside St Mary Magdalene Church. It was placed outside the east end and unveiled in 1920. At that stage it had the 20 names of the Sheet men who died in what was then called The Great War. A plaque was subsequently added bearing the names of a further 6 men who died during the Second World War. In 1920 the headmaster, the Rev William Bond, dedicated a war memorial in the Assembly hall to the 50 Old Churcherians killed in the First World War. After the second war had ended a further 47 names were added. In 2013 there were massive floods on 23 and 24 December. 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the parish church. Vicar Richard Saunders called for a celebration for the whole village of its iconic church at the heart of its community. An appeal for memorabilia yielded enough material to fill the whole church, and was exhibited during several weeks in the summer of 2018. Also, on 1 July 2018 the village had a celebration day at which over £9,000 was raised for a local charity, The Rosemary Foundation. Sheet now has a "Village Agent" supported by Age Concern to support any vulnerable pensioners in the area. The church was made possible by the financial generosity of John Bonham Carter, whose father had been MP for Petersfield. It was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and consecrated by Bishop Vincent Ryan on 10 September 1868. By 1878 there had been 150 baptisms. The longest serving incumbent was George Sampson, who served from 1897 to 1910, during which time he baptised 344 children. Inside the church is a Bath Banner given to the church by a worshipper Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne Willis, a Knight Commander of the Order. The priest at Sheet has always been Chaplain at Churcher's College but during World War Two he also ministered at Westmark Camp, a school for children evacuated from Portsmouth. After the war the population of the parish gradually grew as new roads spread out from Petersfield.