Tattenhall is a village and former

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 authority ...

, now in the parish of

Tattenhall and District Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the 2001 censu ...

, south-east of

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

, in the unitary authority of

Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 str ...

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 t ...

, England. In the 2001 census, the population was recorded as 1,986, increasing to 2,079 by the 2011 census. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Tattenhall and District.

History

The settlement of ''Tatenale'' was recorded in the

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of 1086. The name is believed to be derived from the

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personal name ''Tata'' and ''halh'', meaning "a meadow" or "nook of land". The spelling of the village has altered over the centuries: ''Tatenhala'' (1280), ''Tattenhall'' (1289), ''Tatnall'' (1473), ''Tottenhall'' (1553) and ''Tettenhall'' (1649). The village was a self-sustained settlement in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The building of the

Chester Canal The Chester Canal was an English canal linking the south Cheshire town of Nantwich with the River Dee at Chester. It was intended to link Chester to Middlewich, with a branch to Nantwich, but the Trent and Mersey Canal were unco-operative a ...

(now part of the

Shropshire Union Canal The Shropshire Union Canal, nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England. The Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the Shropshire Union (SU) system and lie partially in Wales. The canal lies in ...

) provided an economic boost to the village, improving transportation and allowing local produce to be exported.

Tattenhall Road railway station Tattenhall Road railway station was a railway station situated a mile to the north of the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire on the Chester and Crewe Railway The Chester and Crewe Railway was an early British railway company absorbed by the Gran ...

opened in 1840 and linked Tattenhall to Chester and Crewe.

Tattenhall railway station Tattenhall railway station was a railway station in the village of Tattenhall Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire We ...

opened in 1872, linking the village with Whitchurch. The railways led to the establishment of industries including the manufacture of glue, gelatine, fertiliser and bricks. Tattenhall railway station closed in 1957, as did the

Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway The Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway was a line in Cheshire built by the London and North Western Railway in the 19th century. The branch, which was long, connected the North Wales Coast Line from with the Welsh Marches line and Oswestry ...

between Chester and Whitchurch. Tattenhall Road railway station closed in 1966. New housing developments saw the village expand through the second half of the twentieth century. Tattenhall was a township and parish within Broxton Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. The population was recorded at 606 in 1801, 982 in 1851, 975 in 1901, 1,049 in 1951 and 1,986 in 2001.

Community

St Alban's Church is designated by

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as a Grade II*

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. Parts of the building are thought to date from the early sixteenth century. Its

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is combined with that of All Saints, Handley. St Plegmund's Roman Catholic church in the village closed in 2012. Its 1970s building was demolished in 2014. Tattenhall Park Primary School is a coeducational community primary school, teaching pupils aged 3–11. Older pupils travel to schools in Malpas and

Tarporley Tarporley is a large village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. The civil parish also contains the village of Rhuddall Heath. Tarporley is bypassed by the A49 and A51 roads. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,614. History Tarporle ...

for state-provided secondary education. The village centre has a number of shops including a post office and butcher. There are three pubs in Tattenhall: The Sportmans, The Letters Inn and The Bear & Ragged Staff. A number of buildings in the centre of the village are now used as offices. Within Tattenhall are several houses designed in 1927 by the

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Clough Williams-Ellis Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. He became a major figure in the development of Welsh architec ...

, famous for creating the Italianate village of

Portmeirion Portmeirion is a tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust. The village is located in the co ...

in north west

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. Although agriculture remains an important element of the local economy, tourism has also become more significant. The Ice Cream Farm, owned by Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, is to the north of the village in nearby Newton-by-Tattenhall. Established in 1986, it is the ''

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'' ‘Largest Ice Cream Shop’. The 300 berth Tattenhall Marina on the Shropshire Union Canal opened in 2009.

Governance

The unitary authority of

Council replaced

Chester City Council Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Local ...

and

Cheshire County Council Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. ...

on 1 April 2009. The Tattenhall

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includes the villages of Beeston,

Burwardsley Burwardsley is a village and civil parish the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish also includes the small villages of Burwardsley, Burwardsley Hill, Higher Burwardsley. The ...

and Handley, stretching east to

Tilstone Fearnall Tilstone Fearnall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parishes of Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall, in the Cheshire West and Chester district and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 99, in ...

and south to Broxton. In the 2001 census, the total population of the ward was recorded at 4,374. Tattenhall is within the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury.

Notable residents

* Leslie Jones (1891–1962), cricketer * Tommy Scott, frontman/songwriter of the Liverpool band

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, moved to Tattenhall in 2008 * Herbert Watkins-Pitchford (1868–1951), pioneer veterinarian working in South Africa, born and raised in Tattenhall * Ben Woodburn, professional footballer for Liverpool FC

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