Saughall
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- This article is about the village of Saughall. See also Saughall Massie for the village on the Wirral Peninsula.
| Saughall | |
  Saughall shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 3,084 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Chester |
| Shire county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH1 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | City of Chester |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Saughall is a civil parish and village in Chester District, Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Chester and close to the Welsh border.[2]
At the 2001 census, there were 3,084 residents in the village[1] and a total of 3,585 people living in the ward of Saughall, with 48.5% male and 51.5% female.[3]
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[edit] History
The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions the village as Salhale,[4] with a total population of about 85.[5]
The village previously consisted of two separate townships in the parish of Shotwick, Wirral Hundred. Great Saughall had a population of 147 in 1801, 493 in 1851 and 703 in 1901.[6] Little Saughall had a population of 48 in 1801, 69 in 1851 and 137 in 1901.[7] The present civil parish was created in 1948 by uniting both settlements. In 1951, the population of Saughall was 1,518.[8]
[edit] Community
The village has two local schools: The Ridings Community Infant School and The Thomas Wedge Church of England Junior School.
Saughall Windmill is more commonly known as Gibbet Mill and is now a private residence. Situated some distance outside the village, this name is likely derived from some time during the eighteenth century. It was the location of the murder of a farm labourer by two fellow workers after a disagreement over earnings in the vicinity of the mill. After their trial and execution, their bodies were hung in chains, or "gibbeted" from a nearby ash tree, as a warning to other criminals.[9]
[edit] See also
- Saughall Massie, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2001 Census: Saughall (Civil Parish). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ Map
- ^ Ward Profile. City of Chester website. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
- ^ Cheshire (L-Z). Domesday Book Online. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ History of the parish. Saughall & Shotwick Parish Council. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Great Saughall. GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Little Saughall. GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Saughall. GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
- ^ The Mills of Wirral. Cheshire Magazine. C.C. Publishing. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
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