Church Minshull
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Church Minshull is a village and civil parish located in the River Weaver Valley in the borough of Crewe and Nantwich. It is located some 5 miles from Crewe, situated on the B5074 between Nantwich (south, 6 miles) and Winsford (north, 4 miles). The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Maneshale'. The modern village centre is a designated Conservation Area which contains many beautiful Tudor houses.[1][2]
The population at the 2001 census was 429, living in 204 residences of which sixty are on Home Farm Park and twenty on Village Farm. The parish is made up of 2285 acres.
[edit] History
It was recorded in November 1824 that many trades and crafts were carried out in the village: blacksmith, wheelwright, joiners, cordwainer, gamekeeper, bricklayer, weaver, tailor, carrier, victualler, laundry woman and many domestic servants. There was also a shopkeeper, butcher, two school mistresses and a school master, farmers and farm workers, paupers and spinsters.[1][2]
The village had its own school from 1785 built in the churchyard. In 1858 a new school was built, a gift from Henry Brooke in memory of Mr C.B. Davies. The land on which the school stood formed part of the Church Minshull Estate and had been in the Brooke family for several generations. The school closed after 124 years on the 22 July 1982 and the pupils transferred to Worleston School.[1][2]
St Bartholomew's Church was built in 1702–1704.
The Village Hall was built in 1963.
Home Farm Park was started by Bob and Dorothy Challinor, in about 1958. The site was sold several times and greatly extended over the years to its present size of 65 plots. The shop and petrol station were sold off separately some time ago and ceased trading in the 1990s.
In 1989, Village Farm, home of the Parton family, was sold to a developer and the old buildings and farm house were converted to eight houses and twelve new houses built on the site; these were finally occupied in 1999. This was the first major housing project in the village.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Church Minshull – The Village. Church Minshull. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
- ^ a b c Church Minshall Booklet. Church Minshull Women's Institute (pdf file). Retrieval Date: 4 September 2007.
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