Kelsall
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Kelsall | |
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The Lord Binning (now The Morris Dancer), a pub in the village centre | |
Location within Cheshire | |
Population | 2,609 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SJ525680 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TARPORLEY |
Postcode district | CW6 |
Dialling code | 01829 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Kelsall is a village and
Geology
The western part of the parish (west of the Peckforton Fault) is underlain by the Wilmslow Sandstone Formation. East of the fault, the bedrock is largely Tarporley Siltstone with the underlying Helsby Sandstone occurring in some areas.
The lower ground in the west is largely covered by glacial till whilst higher ground in the east is free of superficial deposits. A small area of glacio-fluvial sands and gravels is mapped in the centre of the parish. A narrow strip of alluvium is associated with Salter's Brook.
The Peckforton Fault runs into the parish from the SE then turns north. It downthrows to the east. Two parallel unnamed faults, both downthrowing to the west, run NNE–SSW through Kelsall village, their southern ends terminating at the Peckforton Fault. They terminate against a short ENE–WSW aligned fault with a northerly downthrow at the northern end of the parish. The Clotton Fault which downthrows to the east runs NNW–SSE through the western part of the parish. The rocks within the faulted blocks have a gentle to moderate easterly dip.[1]
History
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On Christmas eve, December 1944, a
Demographics
At the
Amenities
The village contains two churches, primary school, community centre, doctors' surgery, chemist, local store, butchers shop, four public houses, farm shop [6]), and nursing and residential home. The Kelsall and District Rural Amenities Society (KADRAS) was formed in the late 1960s in order to stimulate public interest in the care and development of Kelsall's history, beauty and character.
The village also hosts the annual Chester Folk Festival every May.[7] The £3.82m, two-mile A54 bypass opened in October 1986.
See also
References
- ^ British Geological Survey 1:50K map sheet 109 Chester
- ^ "V1 Bomb Flying Over the Ridge 1944". www.sandstoneridge.org.uk. 26 December 2024.
- ^ 2001 Census: Kelsall (civil parish), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 8 January 2009
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ 2001 Census: Kelsall (ward), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 8 January 2009
- ^ "Willington Fruit Farm Shop". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "About us...and what we do". Chester Folk Festival. Retrieved 31 May 2013.