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Nantwich And Crewe
Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of Crewe. It now forms part of the unitary authority of Cheshire East. History The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the borough of Crewe (an industrial town), the urban district of Nantwich (a smaller market town), and Nantwich Rural District. The new district was proposed to be called just "Crewe", but the shadow authority elected in 1973 to oversee the transition to the new system successfully petitioned the government to change the name to "Crewe and Nantwich" before the district came into being. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crewe
Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston, Shavington cum Gresty and Wistaston. Crewe is perhaps best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars. Crewe is north of London, south of Manchester city centre, and south of Liverpool city centre. History Medieval The name derives from an Old Welsh word ''criu'', meaning 'weir' or 'crossing'. The earliest record is in the Domesday Book, where it is written as ''Creu''. Modern Until the Grand Junction Railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Structural Changes To Local Government In England
Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a "two-tier" system of counties and districts. In five shire counties the functions of the county and district councils were combined into a single authority; and in two counties the powers of the county council were absorbed into a significantly reduced number of districts. Elections to the new authorities took place on 1 May 2008 for some of the new authorities, which took up their powers on 1 April 2009. The other new authorities retained the existing county council as the "continuing authority" as of 1 April 2009 with elections taking place two months later on 4 June 2009. Background Following the passing of the Local Government Act 1992, the Local Government Commission for England recommended a number of unitary authorities to be created in England during the 1990s. The changes that wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batherton
Batherton is a rural civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies immediately south of Nantwich and is jointly administered with the nearby settlement of Stapeley. The population was over 120 in 2011. The River Weaver runs along the western boundary, and its floodplain provides a habitat for wetland species, including the great crested newt and the nationally rare black poplar (''Populus nigra'' subspecies ''betulifolia''). Governance Batherton is administered by Stapeley and District Parish Council jointly with the larger adjacent parish of Stapeley. From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East. Batherton falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, which has been represented by Kieran Mullan since 2019, after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19), Edward Timpson (2008–17) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basford, Cheshire
Basford is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, lying immediately south of Crewe. Nearby villages include Shavington, Weston, Cheshire East, Weston, Hough, Cheshire, Hough and Chorlton, Cheshire East, Chorlton.Search aCheshire East Council Public Map Viewer(accessed 4–5 March 2020) The population was around 250 in 2011. Basford was first recorded in the Domesday Book, Domesday survey and had a moated manor. The modern parish is bisected by the A500 road, A500 and the Crewe-to-Stafford railway line, and includes Basford Hall Yard, Basford Hall Sorting Sidings. History Tools and weapons made of flint have been discovered in the parish. ''Berchesford'' was a small manor at the time of the Domesday Book, Domesday survey in 1086. The name is thought to mean either "ford near birch trees" or the ford associated with a personal name, such as Beorcal, Borkr or Barkr. Three separate manors are recorded, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barthomley
Barthomley is a village and ancient parish, and is now a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 and the 2011 census' the parish had a population of 202.Official 2001 Census Figures. Neighbourhood Statistics website. Retrieval Date: 26 August 2007. The village is situated near junction 16 of the and by the border with Staffordshire. It is about three miles south-west of |
Baddington
Baddington is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately to the south-west of Nantwich and north of Audlem. Predominantly rural with scattered farms, the civil parish has a total population of around 100 people, increasing to 212 at the 2011 Census, and includes the dispersed settlement of Hack Green, the site of a former RAF decoy station, radar station and Home Defence regional headquarters. Nearby villages include Aston, Broomhall Green, Hankelow, Ravensmoor, Sound Heath and Stapeley. History The name Baddington is of Saxon origin, and means "Beada's Farm". It is not mentioned by name in the Domesday survey, the first record being in the period 1175–84. The civil parish fell within the ancient parish of Acton in the Nantwich Hundred; it was served by St Mary's Church, Acton. In the reign of Edward III (1327–77), the land was acquired by the Bromley family, who had their seat at Badd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baddiley
Baddiley is a scattered settlement and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish also includes the north-western part of the village of Ravensmoor (also in the parish of Burland), as well as the small settlements of Baddiley Hulse, Batterley Hill, and parts of Gradeley Green and Swanley. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census the parish had a total population of 226, increasing at the 2011 Census to 249. The largest settlement within the parish, Ravensmoor centres on a crossroads with a small village green. It lies around six miles south west of Crewe. History Baddiley is listed in the Domesday Book as ''Bedelie'', and the manor then belonged to the Praers family. The ancient manor was more extensive than the modern parish, also including Faddiley, which lies to the north west. In the first half of the 13th century, part of the Baddiley parish was granted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austerson
Austerson is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, lying immediately south of the town of Nantwich and north of the village of Audlem. Predominantly rural with scattered farms, the civil parish includes the small settlement of Old Hall Austerson at , about two miles south of Nantwich centre. In 2001, the total population was a little under 150, increasing to 194 at the 2011 Census. Nearby villages include Broomhall Green, Hack Green, Hankelow, Sound Heath and Stapeley. History Austerson derives from the Saxon ''Essetune'', meaning "Aelfstan's Farm". The civil parish was originally a township in the ancient parish of Acton in the Nantwich Hundred; it was served by St Mary's Church, Acton. Major early landowners include the families of Bulkeley, Wettenhall, Praers and Bromley. In the late 15th century the land was acquired by Sir William Needham of Shavington. Part of Austerson and the adjacent parish of Baddin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audlem
Audlem is a village and civil parish located in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England, approximately south of Nantwich. Close to the border with the neighbouring county of Shropshire, the village is eight miles (13 km) east of Whitchurch and seven miles (11 km) north of Market Drayton. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,790, increasing to 1,991 at the 2011 Census. History Audlem was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Aldelime'', and Edward I granted it a market charter in 1295.Scholes, R. (2000). pages 24–25. Geography Audlem is on the Shropshire Union Canal, which has a flight of 15 locks, designed by Thomas Telford, to raise the canal from the Cheshire Plain to the Shropshire Plain. The River Weaver passes west of the village. Audlem railway station closed along with the local railway line in the 1960s. Landmarks Moss Hall is an Elizabethan timber-framed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Juxta Mondrum
Aston juxta Mondrum is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is about four miles north of Nantwich. The civil parish also includes part of Worleston village. Etymology The name of the village means 'Aston near Mondrum orest' presumably to set it apart from other places named 'Aston.' History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as consisting of three households. Worleston Dairy Institute was located in the civil parish, and received a royal visit from George V and Queen Mary in 1913. The institute closed in 1926. Demographics According to the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 133, in 55 households. The population of the civil parish had risen at the 2011 Census to 292. The historical population figures were 111 (1801), 171 (1851), 194 (1901) and 141 (1951). Landmarks The grade-II-listed St Oswald's Church, founded 1873, is in Worleston village. A major fire in 1997 damaged t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpraham
Alpraham is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, on the A51 road between Nantwich and Chester, seven miles north-west of Nantwich. The population is around 400. The Travellers Rest public house is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged.heritagepubs.org.ukHistoric Pub Interiors accessdate: 17/08/2014 Demography The 2001 Census gave the parish's population as 373, rising to 407 in 162 households in the 2011 Census. The population density was 0.6 persons/hectare in 2011, well below the average of 3.2 persons/hectare for Cheshire East. History Alpraham was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Edwin, Earl of Mercia in 1066 and belonging to Gilbert de Venables in 1086 when it had 3 villagers and 6 smallholders. It had 4 ploughlands, 1 men's plough team, 2 acres of meadow and 2 leagues of woodland. In 1086 the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Cheshire
Acton is a small village and civil parish lying immediately west of the town of Nantwich in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish covers and also includes the small settlement of Dorfold and part of Burford, with an estimated population of 340 in 2006. It is administered jointly with the adjacent civil parishes of Henhull and Edleston. Historically, Acton refers to a township and also to an ancient parish in the Nantwich Hundred covering a wide area to the west of Nantwich. The area is agricultural, with dairy farming the main industry. Around a third of the area falls within the Dorfold Estate. Historically, agriculture was the major employer, but it has now been overtaken by the service industries, with many residents commuting significant distances outside the parish to work. The civil parish is believed to have been inhabited since the 8th or 9th century. Acton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
