Adlington, Cheshire
| Adlington | |
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 Adlington village hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ912803 |
| Location: | 53°19’8"N, 2°7’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,081 (2001) |
| Post town: | Macclesfield |
| Postcode: | SK10 |
| Dialling code: | 01625 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cheshire East |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Macclesfield |
Adlington is a village in Cheshire.
An old place, it is recorded as Eduluintune in the Domesday Book of 1086,[1] a name believed to be from the Old English Æþelingestun; "Prince's village". At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,081 souls across 401 households.
Adlington (Cheshire) railway station, on the Manchester-Macclesfield line, is used mainly by commuters to Manchester and Stockport.
History
Adlington was anciently a chapelry and township in Prestbury parish.[2] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[2]
Adlington Hall, dating from at least the end of the 13th century, is at the western end of the village.[3]
Adlington made the news in January 2008, when a delivery vehicle shed 18 tons of mango chutney onto the road through the village. A spokesman for F Swain and Sons, the company which owns the lorry, said: "It was just one of those things."[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Adlington, Cheshire) |
- Adlington in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Adlington Parish Council". http://www.adlingtonparish.org.uk/. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 5
- ↑ "Adlington Hall". http://www.statelyhomes.com/areas/details.asp?HID=15&ID=1443&path=12,16,57,1443. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ↑ "Chutney truck in a pickle (Manchester Evening News)". http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1033413_chutney_truck_in_a_pickle. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
Books
- Phillips, A. D. M.; Phillips, C. B. (2002). A new historical atlas of Cheshire. Chester, UK: Cheshire County Council and Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust. ISBN 0-904532-46-1.
- Youngs, F. A. (1991). Guide to the local administrative units of England. (Volume 1: Northern England). London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-127-0.
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