Huntington, Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°10′23″N 2°51′47″W / 53.173°N 2.863°W
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 Village centre |
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 Huntington
Huntington shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 1,961 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SJ423644 |
| Civil parish | Huntington |
| Unitary authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH3 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | City of Chester |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Huntington is a civil parish on the southern outskirts of Chester in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,961.[1]
It is known to have existed since at least 1801, as the population according to the census of the year was 111, becoming 129 in 1851, 121 in 1901 and 2,614 in 1951.[2]
In 1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Huntington as:
- HUNTINGTON, a township in St. Oswald parish, Cheshire; on the river Dee, 3 miles S by E of Chester. Acres, 970. Real property, £2,131. Pop., 113. Houses, 19. The manor belongs to J. B. Wood, Esq.
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The main road through the village, Chester Road (B5130), links Chester, which is less than a mile to the north, with the villages of Farndon and Aldford to the south. The A55 (North Wales Expressway) passes through the south of the village, but is not directly accessible at Huntington.[3]
The village includes a few shops, a post office, Huntington Primary School and St Luke's Church of England Church. Recreational open spaces include a village green, Jubilee Field and the 30 acres (120,000 m2) of wetland, woodland and meadows of Caldy Nature Park.[3][4]
Saighton Camp is an old British Army base that, despite the name, is within Huntington's boundaries. Now closed, the base is subject to consultation over its future use.
The Chester Driving Standards Agency test centre is located between the main part of Huntington and Saighton Camp.
Wales national football team manager Gary Speed, born just over the Welsh border in Mancot, lived at a house in the village at the time of his death in November 2011.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 Census: Huntington, Office for National Statistics, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792473&c=Huntington&d=16&e=15&g=427565&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779, retrieved 15 May 2007
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Huntington, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/huntington.html, retrieved 3 April 2008
- ^ a b Huntington Village website, Huntington Parish Council, http://www.huntington-chester.co.uk/home_page_1.htm, retrieved 3 April 2008
- ^ Caldy Nature Park, Friends of Caldy Nature Park, http://www.clocsen.org/caldy/welcome.html, retrieved 25 May 2007
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/27/gary-speed-dead-wales-manager-found-hanged-aged-42-115875-23592651/
[edit] External links
Media related to Huntington, Cheshire at Wikimedia Commons
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