Blakenhall, Cheshire

Blakenhall
Gonsley Cottages, Blakenhall
Blakenhall
Blakenhall shown within Cheshire
Population	283 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ718471
Civil parish	Blakenhall
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NANTWICH
Postcode district	CW5
Dialling code	01270

Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West

EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Crewe and Nantwich

Blakenhall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, about seven miles south-east of Nantwich. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 125, including the civil parishES of Checkley cum Wrinehill and Lea, Cheshire and increasing to 283 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Governance

Blakenhall is administered by Doddington and District Parish Council, which also includes the parishes of Bridgemere, Checkley cum Wrinehill, Doddington, Hunsterson and Lea.^[2] From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.^[3] Blakenhall falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich,^[4] which has been represented by Edward Timpson since a by-election in 2008.

Listed building

The parish contains one building designated by English Heritage as a listed building. This is Blakenhall Farmhouse, which is listed at Grade II.^[5] Grade II is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is granted to "buildings of national importance and special interest".^[6] The farmhouse dates from the 17th century, and is constructed in brick with a tiled roof. It is in two storeys, and has a three-bay entrance front with three gabled dormers. Inside the farmhouse is an inglenook with a bressumer.^[5]

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ Doddington and District Parish Council Official Web Site Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. (accessed 18 August 2007)
↑ Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 Archived May 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Crewe and Nantwich (accessed 27 January 2009)
1 2 Historic England, "Blakenhall Farmhouse (1330159)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2013
↑ Listed Buildings, English Heritage, 2010, archived from the original on 24 January 2013, retrieved 21 November 2013

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Cheshire East
Principal settlements	Alsager Bollington Congleton Crewe Knutsford Macclesfield Middlewich Nantwich Sandbach Wilmslow
Civil parishes	Acton Adlington Agden Alderley Edge Alpraham Alsager Arclid Ashley Aston by Budworth Aston juxta Mondrum Audlem Austerson Baddiley Baddington Barthomley Basford Batherton Betchton Bexton Bickerton Blakenhall Bollington Bosley Bradwall Brereton Bridgemere Brindley Broomhall Buerton Bulkeley Bunbury Burland Calveley Checkley cum Wrinehill Chelford Cholmondeley Cholmondeston Chorley (near Nantwich) Chorley (near Alderley Edge) Chorlton Church Lawton Church Minshull Congleton Coole Pilate Cranage Crewe Green Disley Dodcott cum Wilkesley Doddington Eaton Edleston Egerton Faddiley Gawsworth Goostrey Great Warford Hankelow Haslington Hassall Hatherton Haughton Henbury Henhull High Legh Higher Hurdsfield Holmes Chapel Hough Hulme Walfield Hunsterson Hurleston Kettleshulme Knutsford Lea Leighton Little Bollington Little Warford Lower Withington Lyme Handley Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough Marbury cum Quoisley Marthall Marton Mere Middlewich Millington Minshull Vernon Mobberley Moreton cum Alcumlow Moston Mottram St Andrew Nantwich Nether Alderley Newbold Astbury Newhall Norbury North Rode Odd Rode Ollerton Over Alderley Peckforton Peover Inferior Peover Superior Pickmere Plumley Poole Pott Shrigley Poynton with Worth Prestbury Rainow Ridley Rope Rostherne Sandbach Shavington cum Gresty Siddington Smallwood Snelson Somerford Booths Somerford Sound Spurstow Stapeley Stoke Sutton Swettenham Tabley Inferior Tabley Superior Tatton Toft Twemlow Walgherton Wardle Warmingham Weston Wettenhall Willaston Wincle Wirswall Wistaston Woolstanwood Worleston Wrenbury cum Frith Wybunbury
Unparished areas	Crewe Macclesfield Wilmslow

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