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Coordinates: 53°22′34″N 2°24′32″W / 53.376, -2.409
Little Bollington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Macclefield. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side of the parish from south-west to north, and Dunham Park lies to the north east of the parish, across the county border in Greater Manchester.
According to the 2001 census, the population of the parish is 162.[1] The parish is small, and so in place of the usual parish council, the parish administration takes place via a parish meeting.[2]
[edit] History
At Fairy Brow in Little Bollington, there is evidence of Bronze Age activity. An archaeological dig by South Trafford Archaeological Group was carried out in 1983. The excavation uncovered an oval, Bronze Age burial pit. In the burial were cremated remains with a tanged knife, approximately 8cm long; the remains were radio carbon dated to about 1500 BC, the knife was most likely contemporary.[3] According to the Domesday survey in 1086, the manor of Little Bollington was held by the Saxon thegn Aelfward and later by the Norman Hamon de Mascy. The northern part of Little Bollington was in the medieval parish of Bowdon.[4]
[edit] Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Little Bollington had a total population of 162. For every 100 females, there were 100 males. The average household size was 2.22.[1] Of those aged 16–74 in Little Bollington, 48.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of the Borough of Macclesfield (35.6%) and England (45.5%).[5][6] According to the census, 0% were unemployed and 24.41% were economically inactive.[5] 9.88% of the population were under the age of 16 and 11.73% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Little Bollington was 47.83. 64.81% of residents described their health as 'good'.[7]
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