Balterley is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England.
It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based, but includes the town of Kidsgrove and village ...
in
Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 204,
[Official 2001 Census Figures.]
Neighbourhood Statistics website. Retrieval Date: 15 August 2007. increasing to 221 at the 2011 census. The parish borders
Cheshire to the north, and the village is about six miles south-east of
Crewe in Cheshire.
Balterley originally was a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
within the ancient parish of
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. , which mainly lay over the Staffordshire and Cheshire border in Cheshire. On the re-organisation of this ancient parish in 1866, the parish was formed, leaving Barthomley civil parish entirely in Cheshire. In 1965, there was a minor change in the county border of Staffordshire with Cheshire, with Balterley parish exchanging small areas of land with
Weston
Weston may refer to:
Places Australia
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
* Weston Park, Canberra, a park
Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* ...
civil parish (in the
Cheshire East area). Additionally, some land was lost to
Chorlton Chorlton may refer to:
Places
* Chorlton, Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England
*Chorlton, Cheshire West and Chester, in Cheshire, England
*Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in Manchester, England
**Chorlton (ward), an electoral ward of Manchester, England
**Chorl ...
civil parish, also in Cheshire East.
[Youngs, F. A. (1991), page 402.]
See also
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Listed buildings in Balterley
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All Saints Church, Balterley
All Saints Church is in the village of Balterley, Staffordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St ...
Notes
References
*Youngs, F. A. (1991). ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. (Volume II: Northern England)''. London: Royal Historical Society.
External links
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Villages in Staffordshire
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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