Shotwick Park
| Shotwick Park | |
|---|---|
 Shotwick Castle earthworks | |
  Shotwick Park Location within Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ354711 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH1 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Shotwick Park is a former civil parish, now in the parishes of Saughall and Shotwick Park and Puddington, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Located near the village of Shotwick, it is four miles north west of Chester and close to the Welsh border. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Saughall and Shotwick Park, part also went to Puddington.[1]
The area is the location of the remnants of Shotwick Castle (grid reference SJ349704), built about 1093 by Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester.[2]
By the 19th century, it was an extra-parochial place within the Wirral Hundred. The population was 25 in 1801, 13 in 1851, 8 in 1901 and 78 in 1951.[3]
Shotwick Park is a rural residential area with communal amenities provided in the nearby village of Saughall. A small industrial estate development also exists at Shotwick Park.
See also
References
- ^ "SHOTWICK PARK". GENUKI. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ History of Saughall, Saughall & Shotwick Parish Council, archived from the original on 28 September 2007, retrieved 10 May 2007
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Shotwick Park, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genelaogy, retrieved 18 September 2007
External links
Media related to Shotwick Park at Wikimedia Commons
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