world.wikisort.org - United_Kingdom

Search / Calendar

Willington is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) from Chester in Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, the population was 277.[1][2][3][lower-alpha 1]

Willington

Willington Hall
Willington
Location within Cheshire
Population277 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Willington
Unitary authority
  • Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county
  • Cheshire
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTARPORLEY
Postcode districtCW6
Dialling code01829
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Eddisbury
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53.193333°N 2.681667°W / 53.193333; -2.681667

The village contains a public house (The Boot), farm shop and hotel (Willington Hall).[4]


History


The placename means "village of a woman called Winflǣd", from the Old English personal name Winflǣd, and the suffix tun for farm or village. The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as Winfletone,[5] (under the ownership of Walter de Vernon and consisting of only two households),[6] and then as Wynlaton in the 12th century.[7]

Willington was previously an extra-parochial area in Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. From 1894 the civil parish was within Tarvin Rural District, transferring to the Chester district in 1974.[8]


Landmarks


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.

Willington Hall was built in 1829 and designed by the Nantwich architect George Latham.[4] It is a designated Grade II listed building.[9]


See also



References



Notes


The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
  1. the ONS/NOMIS website shows the 2011 population divided between Delamere and Duddon civil parishes.

Citations


  1. "Willington (Parish in North West England)". City Population. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Delamere Parish (E04011086)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Duddon Parish (E04011089)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. "About Willington Hall". Willington Hall Hotel website. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  5. "Cheshire A-K: Willington". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. Powell-Smith, Anna. "Willington". Open Domesday/University of Hull. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 520. ISBN 0198691033.
  8. "Willington". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. Historic England. "Willington Hall (1137030)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 March 2021.


Media related to Willington, Cheshire at Wikimedia Commons



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии