Adlington is a village and

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in the unitary authority of

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and the ceremonial county of

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, England. It is known as ''Eduluintune'' in the

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. According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 1,081 people across 401 households. There is a mixed, non-denominational primary school in the village. Adlington railway station is on the West Coast Mainline.

History

Adlington was a

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and

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in Prestbury ancient parish.Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 5 It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and had slight changes to its civil parish boundaries in 1936. It was in Hamestan hundred, which later became

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and, later still, was assigned to be part of Macclesfield

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and

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. When Macclesfield Rural District council was established in 1894, Adlington became a civil parish within it. In 1974, local government re-organisation led to it becoming part of the Borough of Macclesfield, which in turn was succeeded by

Council in 2009. Adlington Hall, dating from at least the end of the 13th century, is located at the western end of the village. Adlington made the news in January 2008, when a delivery vehicle shed 18 tonnes of

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onto the road through the village. A spokesman for F Swain and Sons, the company which owns the lorry, said: "It was just one of those things."

Governance

Adlington Parish Council, which administers the civil parish, is made up of ten parish councillors and one parish clerk. The parish council sits each month, and at these meetings, the two borough and single county councillor will also often attend.

Notable people

* Sir Carol Mather MC (1919–2006), British soldier and MP for

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1970-1987. * Bob Cooke (born 1943), a former English cricketer, played 42 first class matches *

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(born 1945), former chairman of

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from 1980 until 2002.

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External links

Map of Adlington
* Villages in Cheshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Civil parishes in Cheshire {{Cheshire-geo-stub