Rixton-with-Glazebrook 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

Borough of Warrington The Borough of Warrington is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The borough is centred around the town of Warrington, ...

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, England. Formerly within the historic county of

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, it lies to the east of Warrington and is largely farmland. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,960. Its main settlements are the villages of Glazebrook and Hollins Green, and Rixton hamlet. The parish was originally a

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within Warrington parish before becoming a separate parish in 1866. It was part of the Warrington

Poor Law Union A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in Great Britain and Ireland. Poor law unions existed in England and Wales from 1834 to 1930 for the administration of poor relief. Prior to the Poor Law Amendment ...

and, from 1894,

Warrington Rural District Warrington Rural District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire. It was formed a rural district under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Warrington rural sanitary district, and was ...

, and the District of Warrington from 1974. Glazebrook has a small housing estate, a post office and

Glazebrook railway station Glazebrook railway station serves the villages in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook in the Warrington unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Tra ...

. The station, on the Liverpool to Manchester southern route, marks the westernmost boundary of the

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area. Glazebrook is about north-east of Warrington town centre; just east of the village is

Cadishead Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 10,739 in 2014. Within the historic county of Lancashire. History The earliest record of Cadishead date to 1212, and show that the whole of Ca ...

, in Greater Manchester. Hollins Green, south of Glazebrook, is on the A57 Warrington–Manchester road. Rixton lies a short distance south-west of Hollins Green. The

Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West England, North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary at Eastham, Merseyside, Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it ...

follows a stretch of the

River Mersey The River Mersey () is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it h ...

which runs close to Hollins Green and forms the south-eastern parish boundary. The boundary in the north-east follows the

Glaze Brook Glaze Brook is a minor river in the River Mersey catchment area, England. From Leigh, Greater Manchester to the River Mersey it forms the county boundary with Cheshire. It is long and its main tributaries are the Astley, Bedford, Hey, Penni ...

, which joins the Mersey just upstream of Hollins Green.

Etymology

The name "Rixton" derives from the personal name "Ric" and '' tun'', which is

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

for a homestead or settlement. "Glazebrook" derives from Brittonic ''glas'', which can mean either a river, or else "blue" or "green or blue", and '' brook'', from Old English "brōc", meaning a small stream.

Notable people

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(born 1956/57), businessman

Notes and references

External links

Rixton-with-Glazebrook website
Warrington Civil parishes in Warrington {{Cheshire-geo-stub

Etymology

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