Darnhall
Darnhall | |
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The MERLIN radio telescope, Darnhall | |
Location within Cheshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ635631 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WINSFORD |
Postcode district | CW7 |
Dialling code | 01270 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Darnhall is a
History
The Norman
For a period of around 50 years, between the foundation of Vale Royal and the death of Abbot Peter, the tenants and villeins of Darnhall periodically rebelled against the abbey's overlordship, sometimes violently.[3]
The first mention of a priest is in 1307 when a Thomas de Dutton is mentioned, but it is uncertain if this was at St Chad's in Winsford or as a chaplain at Darnhall, or both. The church and responsibility for the parish was given to St Mary's Convent in Chester, who appointed the priests in charge.[2]
By the eighteenth century, Darnhall belonged to Thomas Corbett (secretary of the Admiralty), and through him it descended to Thomas Corbett (Lincolnshire MP).[4]
Geography
A small area near the eastern boundary of the civil parish falls within the Weaver Valley Area of Special County Value. The parish includes Darnhall Wood, part of the Wettenhall And Darnhall Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest, together with woodland in the adjacent Wettenhall parish.[5][6]
Landmarks
Darnhall is home to one of the radio telescopes that make up the
Notable people
- Charles Lee – A British army officer who later became a general in the American Continental Army.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ a b Curzon, J. Brian. It's All Over (2006)
- OCLC 39498769.
- ^ Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; Or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Etc. p. 191. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Natural England: Wettenhall And Darnhall Woods Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 16 April 2010)
- ^ Natural England: Nature on the Map: Wettenhall & Darnhall Woods SSSI[permanent dead link] (accessed 16 April 2010)
- ^ "MERLIN". www.merlin.ac.uk. MERLIN/VLBI National Facility. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Pearson, Chris. "Lee of Darnhall". Cheshire Heraldry Web Journal. Retrieved 3 December 2016.