Chorlton, Cheshire East

Chorlton
New houses, Wychwood Park, Chorlton
Chorlton Chorlton shown within Cheshire
Population	897 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ728504
Civil parish	Chorlton
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

Coordinates: 53°03′00″N 2°24′25″W / 53.050°N 2.407°W / 53.050; -2.407

Chorlton is a village SJ728504 and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 4 miles to the south east of Crewe. Nearby villages include Betley, Hough, Shavington, Weston and Wybunbury. The Crewe to Stafford railway line runs north to south through the parish.

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 113,^[1] increasing to 897 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Governance

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] Chorlton falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich,^[4] which has been represented by Edward Timpson since a by-election in 2008.

Listed buildings

The parish contains one structure designated by English Heritage as a listed building. This is Basford Bridge Cottage, a timber-framed and brick building dating from the 17th century.^[5] The cottage is listed at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades of listing, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".^[6]

References

↑ Neighbourhood Statistics: Chorlton CP (accessed 12 August 2007)
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
↑ Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Crewe and Nantwich (accessed 27 January 2009)
↑ Historic England, "Basford Bridge Cottage, Chorlton (1330164)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 December 2013
↑ Listed Buildings, English Heritage, retrieved 28 February 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

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Unitary authorities	Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Warrington

Major settlements	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire

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