Winwick, Cheshire

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Winwick
Winwick shown within Cheshire
Population	4,366[1]
OS grid reference	SJ603928
Parish	Winwick
Unitary authority	Warrington
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Warrington
Postcode district	WA2
Dialling code	01925
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Warrington North
List of places: UK • England • Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°25′50″N 2°35′51″W / 53.430623, -2.597622

Winwick is a village and civil parish in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. Until 1974, Winwick was administered as part of Lancashire with the rest of north Warrington. It is situated about three miles north of Warrington town centre, near Junction 22 of the M6 and Junction 9 of the M62.

According to the 2001 census, the civil parish had a population of 4,366.^[1]

Contents 1 Background History 2 Winwick today 3 Notes 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Background History

King Oswald of Northumbria is believed to have been killed in the Winwick area and the parish church, dedicated to him, was reputedly located with guidance from the "Winwick Pig", a carving of which can still be seen on the church wall. Richard Sherlock was the incumbent at Winwick for some thirty years in the seventeenth century, and Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man, spent his early years in the care of Sherlock at Winwick.

Winwick was the site of a battle in the English Civil War in 1649, where Oliver Cromwell defeated a mainly Scottish royalist army.

Winwick Hospital - a large Victorian mental asylum - closed down in 1999, and a smaller hospital called Hollins Park is currently situated on the site. Hollins Park House is also the headquarters for the 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust.

[edit] Winwick today

Although Winwick is next to two motorways, it remains a relatively compact village set in a rural location. Winwick had a Post Office and currently has a nail salon, an estate agents, a florists as well as "Thorougher Goods", a partner store of Bargain Booze.

The village also includes a council estate and Winwick Park with houses ranging from £200,000 to £500,000. Several celebrities are known to live in Winwick such as Kerry Katona and several Wigan Athletic Players such as Emile Heskey.

Winwick borders Newton-le-Willows, Burtonwood and Warrington

Another claim to Winwick's fame is that the Captain of the RMS Titanic, Edward Smith, married Sarah Eleanor Pennington on 13 January 1887 at St. Oswald's Church.

It is also home to a car boot sale site that runs on green belt land that also occasionally hosts a circus and touring fair.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} 2001 census summary. Accessed 23-May-2007.

[edit] See also

• St Oswald's Church, Winwick

[edit] External links

• "Winwick Pig"
• Parkside Action Group
• Winwick car boot sale
• Winwick Hospital

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