Little Warford 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. It has a population of 275. The parish contains the
David Lewis Centre, a charity set up by
David Lewis, the founder of
Lewis's
Lewis's was a chain of British department stores that operated from 1856 to 2010. The owners of Lewis's have gone into administration many times over the years, including 1991. The first store, which opened in Liverpool city centre, became ...
. It is a registered charity which aims to provide medical, educational, residential and assessment services for people with epilepsy and other neurological conditions.
Governance
Little Warford civil parish was created in 1951 when the civil parish of Marthall cum Warford was abolished and divided into two parts: Little Warford and
Marthall civil parishes. It was in
Bucklow Rural District
Bucklow Rural District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the north of the administrative county of Cheshire, England. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this rural district was split between the new Greater Manchest ...
until 1974,
[Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 40.] after which it was served by
Macclesfield Borough Council
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its ea ...
; this in turn 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.
Marthall cum Warford had been 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 ...
in
Rostherne ancient parish, and had been created a separate civil parish in 1866. It had been in
Bucklow Hundred. From 1836 to 1895 it had been in
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...
Poor Law Union, when it was transferred to Bucklow Poor Law Union until 1930. It was also in Altrincham
Rural Sanitary District
Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:
*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies
*Rural sanitary dis ...
. From 1894 to 1895 it had been in
Altrincham Rural District, and from 1895 to 1951 it had been part of Bucklow Rural District.
[Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 26.]
Little Warford is in the
Tatton constituency for the UK parliament, although the area had previously been in
Knutsford constituency (1885–1983), the
Mid Cheshire (1867–1885), the
North Cheshire (1832–1867), and the
Cheshire (1543–1832) constituencies.
Listed building
The parish contains one
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 ...
, a house from the 17th century known as The Wheelwright's Shop. It is listed at Grade II, the lowest of the three listings 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 ...
, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".
Notes and references
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External links
Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
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