Culcheth and Glazebury
| Culcheth and Glazebury | |
|---|---|
 The sundial in the centre of Culcheth | |
  Culcheth and Glazebury Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 8,534 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | SJ6595 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WARRINGTON |
| Postcode district | WA3 |
| Dialling code | 01925 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Culcheth and Glazebury is a
civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 8,534.[1]
Culcheth
Norman conquest, hence the village gets its name from the Celtic
for "narrow wood".
Bronze Age pottery discovered at Croft suggests the area was inhabited 4,000 years ago.
The Culcheth family played an important role in shaping village fortunes. Gilbert
Stanley and then to John Trafford
, which is where the family line ends.
The Holcroft family also have some notoriety for a scandal involving the daughter of
Crown Jewels from the Tower of London and using them as a ransom for Charles II. In 1671 he and Maria disguised themselves as a parson
and his wife. They visited the keeper of the jewels and Maria pretended to faint to cause a distraction. The keeper unlocked the Crown Jewels and, to his amazement, was seized and held in the strongroom. Just as Blood and his accomplice were leaving, the plan was hindered yet again since they were caught before even getting out of the grounds of the Tower. The King took pity on Blood and, after serving a short sentence, he was returned to Ireland and his estate, where he and Maria lived on a £500-a-year allowance.
The lordship of the
Second World War
, and the estate has been developed as residential housing by Adam Lythgoe (Estates) Ltd.
Glazebury
Before the
seat of the Holcroft family, before the Adamsons[3] lived there during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Anthony Emery in Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: East Anglia, Central England and Wales commented upon Hurst Hall's four-bay hall,[4]
although most of the medieval structure was demolished in 1975; it is now the site of a garden centre.
The village name is unusual as the ending "bury" in English place names usually signifies a
fortified place. However Hurst became known as Glazebury in a different way. In the 17th century Civil War combatants were buried in a road which became known as Bury Lane (now part of Warrington Road) and Glazebury is believed to take its name from a combination of bury and the word glaze from the nearby Glaze Brook. The brook also acts as the boundary between Glazebury and Astley
.
The village has a parish church, primary school[5] and cricket club[6] amongst other facilities, along with it being the home of Bents Garden Centre.
Glazebury has more pubs than shops. There are a number of walks around the village to Windy Bank Wood and Crow Wood. The
.See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Culcheth and Glazebury.
- ^ "Parish Headcounts: Warrington". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ North Barn, Hurst Hall This is Cheshire
- ^ "Adamson Ancestry". www.adamsonancestry.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ www.medievalarchitecture.net
- ^ Glazebury C of E (Aided) Primary School. Axcis. Official Website.
- ^ Glazebury Cricket Club. Official Website.