Chorlton is a village (at ) 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. The village lies to the south east of Crewe. Nearby villages include

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, Shavington,

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and

Wybunbury Wybunbury is a village (at ) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3¼ miles to the south east of Nantwich and 3¾ miles to the south of Crewe. The parish al ...

in Cheshire and Betley in Staffordshire.Search a
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(accessed 1 March 2020) The population was nearly 900 people in 2011.

History

The area was agricultural, with a roughly equal mix of dairy and arable land in the 19th century. Chorlton Methodist Chapel, a red-brick former Wesleyan Methodist church on Chorlton Lane, closed in 2018.

Governance

Chorlton is administered by Hough & Chorlton Parish Council jointly with the adjacent parish of

. 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 new

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. Chorlton falls in the parliamentary constituency of

, which has been represented by Kieran Mullan since 2019, after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19),

Edward Timpson Anthony Edward Timpson, (born 26 December 1973) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2019 general election. He was previously MP for neighbouring Crew ...

(2008–17) and

Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from February ...

(1983–2008).

Geography and transport

The civil parish has an area of . The area is undulating, sloping gently upwards to the south and east, with an average

elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Ver ...

of around and a high point above in the south east, around West Heath. Outside Chorlton village, the land use is predominantly agricultural, with several farms including Chorlton Bank Farm, Heath Farm, Jubilee Farm and West Heath Farm. Several minor watercourses run through the parish, including Mere Gutter and Swill Brook, and numerous small meres and ponds are scattered across the area. There are a few small areas of woodland. The Crewe-to- Stafford railway line runs north west to south east through the civil parish; there are no stations within Chorlton. Chorlton Lane/Waybutt Lane runs broadly north–south from a T-junction at the northern boundary to Chorlton village; south of the village, the lane turns to run eastwards, and connects to the A531 just beyond the parish boundary in Staffordshire. Another lane runs westwards from the T-junction through the north of the parish to the village of

. The Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk and South Cheshire Way long-distance footpaths cut through the north of the parish; the route of both follows part of Chorlton Lane and then crosses the railway at a footbridge near Heath Farm.

Demography

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 113, increasing to 897 in 338 households at the 2011 census. The historical population figures are 106 (1801), 114 (1851), 79 (1901) and 78 (1951).

Landmarks

The parish contains one structure designated by

English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. The charity states that i ...

as a

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. This is Basford Bridge Cottage, a

timber-framed Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large woode ...

and brick building dating from the 17th century. The cottage is listed at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades of listing, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".

Education

There are no educational facilities in Chorlton. The civil parish falls within the catchment area of Shavington Academy; most falls within the catchment area of Weston Village Primary School, but the western part is in that of Shavington Primary School.

References

;Source *Geoffrey Scard. ''Squire and Tenant: Rural Life in Cheshire 1760–1900''. ''A History of Cheshire'' Vol. 10 (J. J. Bagley, ed.) (Cheshire Community Council; 1981) ()

External links

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