Grappenhall and Thelwall is a

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 ...

within the

Borough of Warrington (God giveth the increase) , image_skyline =Warrington from the Air - geograph.org.uk - 3153500.jpg , imagesize = 280px , image_caption = Aerial view of Warrington , image_flag = ...

and the ceremonial county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. It has a population of 9,377. The civil parish was formed in largely its present state in 1936, when the then

Thelwall Thelwall is a suburban village in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, close to the Lymm junction of the M6 motorway. History A fortified village was established at Thelwall in 923, in the reign of King Edward the Elder, which is me ...

civil parish was joined in its entirety to the ancient civil parish of

Grappenhall Grappenhall is a suburb of Warrington in the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall, which had a population of 9,377 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census. History Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 with the name '' ...

.Youngs, F.A. (1991), pages 19-20, 37.

References

Sources * Youngs, F. A. (1991). ''Guide to the administrative units of England. Volume II: Northern England.'' London: Royal Historical Society. .

External links

The Flickr Grappenhall Photography GroupWDCC, Warrington District Camera Club, which is based in Grappenhall
Warrington Civil parishes in Warrington {{Cheshire-geo-stub

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