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Grappenhall is a suburb of Warrington in the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall, which had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census.[1]

Grappenhall
Parr Arms and St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall
Grappenhall Location within Cheshire
Population	9,377
OS grid reference	SJ639863
Civil parish	Grappenhall and Thelwall
Unitary authority	Warrington
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WARRINGTON
Postcode district	WA4
Dialling code	01925
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Warrington South
List of places UK England Cheshire 53.373°N 2.543°W / 53.373; -2.543

History

Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.

St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This may have been Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.[2] The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.

Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs, the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head, and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (no longer a residential school) and St Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.

Leisure

Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is near the village.[3] Grappenhall is home to the 25th Warrington East (St Wilfred's) Scout Troop.[4]

Sport

There is a cricket ground, which is the home of Grappenhall Cricket Club.[5] Australian cricketer Steve Smith was signed for the club for five weeks in 2007, when he was 17.[6]

Library

The Grappenhall Community library is a community-run library in the village. It was opened by the local authority in 1959 before being handed over to the Friends of Grappenhall Library after closure on 2 April 2011[7][8] due to local authority cuts.[9] The library is run by the Friends of the Grappenhall library who pay £10 a year to help with its upkeep.[10]

In popular culture

Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall.[11] The village name appears in the title of the song "Grappenhall Rag", by the Darwen singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth.[12]

See also

• Listed buildings in Grappenhall and Thelwall

References

External links

• Images of the church and its cat.
• Grappenhall Youth & Community Association
• The Flickr Grappenhall Photography Group
• WDCC, Warrington District Camera Club, which is based in Grappenhall

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