- This article is about the village of Saughall. See also Saughall Massie for the village on the Wirral Peninsula.
Coordinates: 53°13′24″N 2°57′33″W / 53.2234°N 2.9593°W
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| Population | 3,084 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH1 |
| 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 | |
Saughall is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of 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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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]
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]
See also
- Saughall Massie, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside.
References
- ^ a b "2001 Census: Saughall (Civil Parish)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792503&c=saughall&d=16&e=15&g=427665&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1195353290578&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
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- ^ "Ward Profile". City of Chester website. http://www.chester.gov.uk/main.asp?page=2532. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ "Cheshire (L-Z)". Domesday Book Online. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "History of the parish". Saughall & Shotwick Parish Council. http://www.saughall.gov.uk/Hist1.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Great Saughall". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/greatsaughall.html. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
- ^ "Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Little Saughall". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/littlesaughall.html. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
- ^ "Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Saughall". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/saughall.html. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
- ^ "The Mills of Wirral". Cheshire Magazine. C.C. Publishing. http://www.cheshiremagazine.com/Archives/mills.html. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
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