Grappenhall

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Grappenhall
Grappenhall shown within Cheshire
Population	9,377[1]
OS grid reference	SJ639863
Parish	Grappenhall and Thelwall
Unitary authority	Warrington
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Warrington
Postcode district	WA4
Dialling code	01925
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Warrington South
List of places: UK • England • Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°22′21″N 2°32′35″W / 53.372503, -2.542999

Grappenhall is a village in Warrington, Cheshire. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.^[1]

Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday book under the name Gropenhale, which states it to be worth five shillings.

St Wilfrid's church has a carving of a cat on the West face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later.

Along with the church the centre of the village contains two pubs (The Parr Arms and The Ram's Head) and St. Wilfrids Primary School.

Parts of the Casebook of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} 2001 census figures for the entire civil parish

[edit] See also

• St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall

[edit] External links

• Images of the church and its cat.

• Grappenhall Youth & Community Association

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