Macefen
| Macefen | |
|---|---|
 Minor road in Macefen | |
  Macefen Location within Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ514479 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MALPAS |
| Postcode district | SY14 |
| Dialling code | 01948 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Macefen is a former
civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its area is now part of the civil parishes of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley and No Man's Heath and District. Macefen lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the village of Malpas and 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of Whitchurch, Salop. Part of the village of No Man's Heath was within the northern boundary of Macefen. Its name is thought to possibly be an anglicisation of an older Welsh placename Maes-y-ffin, "the open field (maes) at the boundary (ffin)".[1]
Macefen was a slightly curious parish in that it scarcely appears in gazetteers. Under the
lady of the manor and sole landowner." It never had its own church but was served by adjacent churches.[4] The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley and No Man's Heath and District.[4]
References
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- ^ Dodgson, J. M. (1972). The Place-names of Cheshire. English Place-Name Society. p. 37.
- ^ Hansall, John Hickson (1817). The History of the County Palatine of Chester. Chester: John Fletcher. p. 340.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Cheshire. London: Kelly's Directories. 1914. p. 663. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Macefen". GenUKI. Retrieved 16 March 2022.