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Wistaston
Wistaston shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 8,222 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SJ682539 |
| Parish | Wistaston |
| Unitary authority | Cheshire East |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CREWE |
| Postcode district | CW2 |
| Dialling code | 01270 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Crewe and Nantwich |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Wistaston is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in north-west England. It is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Crewe town centre and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Nantwich town centre. It has a population of 8,222.[1]
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In the Domesday Survey of 1086, the area was called Wistanestune and was a going concern having a population of 25 to 30 people, valuable woodland and arable land, and deer roaming about. It had been worth 30 shillings, but after William the Conqueror's devastation of Cheshire, it was worth just ten shillings in 1086. It was one of several local villages with the suffix ‘tune’ or ‘ton’ - meaning a ‘farmstead’.
The village has won the following awards, Cheshire Community Council ‘Best Kept Village Competition’ (1984, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000), Civic Pride Award (1993, 1994, 1995), and Cheshire Community Council ‘Community Pride’ (2005).
The Wistaston Parish Council comprises 15 elected councillors, five from each of the three wards of Wistaston (Wistaston Green, St Mary's, and Wells Green). The current Chairman of the Parish Council is Councillor John Moore. The annual Parish Council meeting, to which all local Wistonians are invited, is held in April each year in the Wistaston Memorial Hall.
There are many events in the village each year including:-
There are a variety of sports teams including: archery, badminton, cricket, soccer (football), tennis and bowls.
The village magazine, Roundabout, is circulated to over 4,000 homes within Wistaston four times a year.[2] It is distributed ‘round about’ Wistaston, hence its title. The 100th issue of Roundabout was published in Spring 2006 - its 25th anniversary. The first editor of Roundabout was Malcolm Bellis; the current editor is Eileen Bamber.
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