Pott Shrigley

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Pott Shrigley
Pott Shrigley shown within Cheshire
Population	220[1]
OS grid reference	SJ944791
Parish	Pott Shrigley
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

Coordinates: 53°18′32″N 2°05′02″W / 53.309, -2.084

Pott Shrigley is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the civil parish and village has a population of around 220.^[1] The nearest town is Bollington to the southwest.

The adjoining civil parishes are given in the table, below:

The village has a Church of England primary school with around 50 pupils. The school was founded in 1492 and celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1992^[2].

Shrigley Hall in 2008

The village is most popular for Shrigley Hall (Grade II* listed building ^[3] ), originally a private residence of the Downes family of Shrigley & Worth for almost 500 years until the early 19th century^[4]. In 1929 the hall and 260 acres (105 ha) of grounds were purchased by the Catholic Salesian order to become the Salesian Missionary College. Some 2,000 boys had been educated there until 1986, when the college closed due to growing running costs, falling vocations and decreasing missionary work^[5]. The hall was turned in 1989 into a country club with an 18 hole golf course, leisure centre and a restaurant.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Official 2001 census figures. Accessed 2007-06-11.
2. ^ School website. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
3. ^ Grade listing information from the English Heritage site. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
4. ^ Downes Family of Shrigley & Worth section of Old historic families of the Northwest of England, Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
5. ^ The Salesians 1929-1986. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.

[edit] See also

• St Christopher's Church, Pott Shrigley

[edit] External links

• Information about, including history of, Pott Shrigley from the Happy Valley website
• Pott Shrigley Parish Council
• Pott Shrigley in 1848 from A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis (editor)

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