Adlington, Cheshire
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  Adlington shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 1,081[1] |
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| Parish | Adlington |
| District | Macclesfield |
| Shire county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MACCLESFIELD |
| Postcode district | SK10 |
| Dialling code | 01625 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Macclesfield |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Adlington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is known as Eduluintune in the Domesday Book.[2] According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 1,081 people across 401 households.[1] There is a primary school (mixed, non-denominational) in the village.[3]
A train station, located on the Manchester-Macclesfield line, is used mainly by commuters to Manchester and Stockport.
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[edit] History
Adlington was a chapelry and township in Prestbury ancient parish.[4] It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and had slight changes to its civil parish boundaries in 1936.[4] It was in Hamestan hundred, which later became Macclesfield Hundred and, later still, was assigned to be part of Macclesfield Poor Law Union and Rural Sanitary District.[4] When Macclesfield Rural District council was established in 1894, Adlington became a civil parish within it.[5][4] In 1974, local government re-organisation led to it becoming part of the Borough of Macclesfield.[6]
Adlington Hall, dating from at least the end of the 13th century, is located at the western end of the village.[7]
Adlington made the news in January 2008, when a delivery vehicle shed 18 tonnes of mango chutney 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."[8]
[edit] Governance
Adlington Parish Council, which administers the civil parish, is made up of ten parish councillors and one parish clerk.[2] Adlington is in the Prestbury ward for the purposes of borough and county council elections, to which it sends two and one councillor, respectively.[9][2][6] The parish council sits each month, and at these meetings, the two borough and single county councillor will also often attend.[2]
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b 2001 UK Census. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ a b c d Adlington Parish Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Adlington Primary School. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ a b c d Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 5
- ^ Philips, A. D. M. and Philips, C. B. (2002). pages 10–11.
- ^ a b Macclesfield Borough Council website. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Adlington Hall. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Chutney truck in a pickle (Manchester Evening News). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Elections Maps UK. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Enter the details for Macclesfield Local Government Area.
[edit] Bibliography
- Phillips, A. D. M.; Phillips, C. B. (2002). A new historical atlas of Cheshire. Chester, UK: Cheshire County Council and Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust. ISBN 0904532461.
- Youngs, F. A. (1991). Guide to the local administrative units of England. (Volume 1: Northern England). London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0861931270.
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