Willington, Cheshire
Willington is a village and civil parish, about 9 miles (14 km) from Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
The placename means "village of a woman called Winflǣd", from the Old English personal name Winflǣd + tun "farm, village". The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as Winfletone, and as Wynlaton in the 12th century.[1]
The village contains a public house (The Boot), a farm shop[2] and a hotel (Willington Hall).[3]
Contents |
[edit] The Boot Inn
The Boot Inn occupies a row of red-brick and sandstone cottages that were built in 1815. Behind the pub is Boothsdale, also known as 'Little Switzerland', accessible by a well-used footpath.
[edit] Willington Hall
Willington Hall was built in 1829 by the Nantwich architect George Latham.[3]
Coordinates: 53°11′36″N 2°40′54″W / 53.19333°N 2.68167°W
[edit] References
The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 520. ISBN 0198691033.
- ^ "Farm shop - Willington Fruit Farm Shop". Willington Farm Shop website. http://www.willingtonfruitfarm.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Willington Hall: History". Willington Hall Hotel website. http://willingtonhall.co.uk/about-us/history/. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Willington, Cheshire at Wikimedia Commons
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
This Cheshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
