Audlem

Audlem

St James' Church, Audlem
Audlem
 Audlem shown within Cheshire
Population 1,991 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ660436
Civil parishAudlem
Unitary authorityCheshire East
Ceremonial countyCheshire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CREWE
Postcode district CW3
Dialling code 01270
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentEddisbury
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Coordinates: 52°59′21″N 2°30′28″W / 52.989187°N 2.507862°W / 52.989187; -2.507862

Audlem is a large village and civil parish located in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in the north west of England, approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Nantwich. Close to the border with the neighbouring county of Shropshire, the village is eight miles (13 km) east of Whitchurch and seven miles (11 km) north of Market Drayton. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,790,[1] increasing to 1,991 at the 2011 Census.[2]

History

Audlem was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Aldelime, and Edward I granted it a market charter in 1295.[3]

Geography

It is situated on the Shropshire Union Canal which has a run of 15 locks, designed by Thomas Telford, to raise the canal from the Cheshire Plain to the 93 feet (28 m) higher Shropshire Plain. The River Weaver passes west of the village. Audlem railway station closed along with the local railway line in the 1960s.

Landmarks

Moss Hall is an Elizabethan timber-framed hall from 1616 which is 0.5 miles (1 km) from Audlem village centre.

Education and facilities

Audlem has clubs for tennis, badminton, football, cricket, golf, pigeon racing (or pigeon-fancying), caravanning and bowls. Cyclists meet informally at The Old Priest-House Cafe.

Saint James' primary school is the only school in the village.

Notable residents and associated people

Architect William Baker (1705–71) lived at Highfields from the 1740s.[4]

British composer Peter McGarr (born 1953) has written several pieces inspired by Audlem ('Audlem Sonatas', 'Night-time' and 'Mourning Gamelan'), as homage to his mother who lived in the village when a child.[5]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. "2001 Census: Audlem". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. Scholes, R. (2000). pages 2425.
  4. Robinson JM. 'Highfields, Audlem, Cheshire'. Country Life, 31 January 1991
  5. http://www.petermcgarr-composer.co.uk

Bibliography

  • Scholes, R. (2000). Towns and villages of Britain: Cheshire. Wilmslow, Cheshire: Sigma Press. ISBN 1-85058-637-3. 

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