Pott Shrigley
Coordinates: 53°18′32″N 2°05′02″W / 53.309°N 2.084°W
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 Pott Shrigley
Pott Shrigley shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 220 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SJ944791 |
| Civil parish | Pott Shrigley |
| Unitary authority | Cheshire East |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MACCLESFIELD |
| Postcode district | SK10 |
| Dialling code | 01625 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Macclesfield |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Pott Shrigley is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the civil parish and village has a population of 220.[1] The nearest town is Bollington to the southwest.
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]
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[edit] Shrigley Hall
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 were educated there by 1986, when the college closed due to growing running costs, falling vocations and decreasing missionary work.[5] In 1989 the hall was turned into a country club with an 18-hole golf course, leisure centre and a restaurant.[6][dead link]
Adjoining civil parishes are
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Adlington | Poynton with Worth | Lyme Handley | |
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Lyme Handley | ||
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| Bollington | Rainow | Rainow |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Official 2001 census figures. Accessed 2007-06-11.
- ^ "School website". http://www.pottshrigley.school.cheshire.org.uk/. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ^ "Grade listing information from the English Heritage site". http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=407440. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Downes Family of Shrigley & Worth section of "Old historic families of the Northwest of England, Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire". http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/old-families2a.html. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ "The Salesians 1929-1986". http://shrigleyassociation.org/salesians.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ Shrigley Hall, Fatfield Haunted
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pott Shrigley |
- 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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