Burland 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 unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, about 2½ miles west of

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. The civil parish also includes the small settlements of Burland Lower Green, Burland Upper Green, Hollin Green and Stoneley Green, as well as parts of Gradeley Green and

Swanley Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway periphery. The population at the 2011 census was 16,226. History ...

.Neighbourhood Statistics: Burland CP
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/ref> The eastern part of the village of Ravensmoor also falls within the civil parish (also in the parish of

Baddiley Baddiley is a scattered settlement and 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 ...

). According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a total population of 582, decreasing slightly to 580 at the 2011 Census.

History

The civil parish formerly had populations of 371 (1801), 627 (1851), 581 (1901) and 546 (1951).

Governance

Burland is administered by Burland Parish Council. The council consists of nine councillors, who meet monthly. In 2011 the Parish Council launched their own website. From 1974 the civil parish was served by

Crewe and Nantwich 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 fo ...

Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

of Cheshire East. Burland falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury, which has been represented by

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since 2019, after being represented by Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and

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(2015–19).

Geography and transport

The A534 (Wrexham Road) between Nantwich and

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

crosses the civil parish east–west. The Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, just south of

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, runs north–south through the civil parish, immediately to the east of Burland village.Ordnance Survey Explorer 257: Crewe & Nantwich The canal is crossed by Wrexham Bridge (carrying the A534) and the grade-II-listed Swanley Bridge, which dates from around 1793, as well as three footbridges: Bethills Bridge, Stoneley Green Bridge and Platt's Bridge. North of Swanley Bridge lies Swanley Lock No. 2; the grade-II-listed lock dates from 1805 and is in blue-and-red brick with stone copings. Several small conifer plantations fall within the civil parish, including Admiral's Plantation and Tally-ho Covert to the north of Ravensmoor, and Long Plantation near Swanley.

Places of worship

The Baddiley and Ravensmoor Methodist Church, formerly a Wesleyan Chapel, stands on Swanley Lane in Ravensmoor (at SJ 620 507). Dated 1878, the building is in orange brick with stone dressing and has a prominent circular window and pillars capped with decorative stonework. In the

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the area is in the parish of Acton (St Mary), see

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 ...

. A Primitive Methodist Chapel dating from 1833 was in the civil parish; it closed in 1965.

Other notable buildings

Swanley Hall in Burland is an L-shaped red-brick farmhouse originally dating from the early 16th century. Green Farm House in Burland Upper Green is a red-brick farmhouse dating from the 17th century. The civil parish also contains several grade-II-listed black-and-white cottages dating from the 17th century, some of which retain thatched roofs. These include Hollybank Cottage in Barracks Lane, Pear Tree Farmhouse and Rose & End Cottages in Stoneley Green, and Sparrows Roost in Swanley Lane. Wrexham Road in Burland village is lined by several grade-II-listed buildings dating from around 1870, formerly cottages of the Peckforton Estates. The red-brick cottages feature hexagonal latticed windows, ornate timber gabling and a prominent central chimney stack. Burland Farm House, also built for the Peckforton Estate, is of a similar date.

Ravensmoor Windmill Ravensmoor Windmill is a former windmill located to the south of Wrexham Road (A534) between the villages of Acton and Burland, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed buil ...

, a former windmill dating from the early 19th century, has been restored as a residential property.Images of England: Ravensmoor Windmill
(accessed 13 February 2008) Burland also has its own shop called Burland Stores.

References

External links

A Vision of Britain Through Time: Burland Tn/CPBurland Parish Council Website
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