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- This article is about the village of Saughall. See also Saughall Massie
for the village on the Wirral Peninsula.
Coordinates: 53°13′24″N 2°57′33″W / 53.2234°N
2.9593°W / 53.2234;
-2.9593
Saughall is a civil parish and village in the unitary
authority of Cheshire West and Chester and
the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately
3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Chester and close to the Welsh border.[1]
At the 2001 census, there were
3,084 residents in the village[2
] and a total of 3,585 people living in the ward of Saughall, with 48.5% male and 51.5%
female.[3]
History
The Domesday
Book of 1086 mentions the village as Salhale,[4] with a
total population of about 85.[5]
The village previously consisted of two separate townships in the parish of Shotwick, Wirral Hundred.
Great Saughall had a population of 147 in 1801,
493 in 1851 and 703 in 1901.[6]
Little Saughall had a population of 48 in 1801, 69
in 1851 and 137 in 1901.[7] The
present civil parish was created in 1948 by uniting both
settlements. In 1951, the population of Saughall was 1,518.[8]
The village has two local schools: The Ridings Community Infant
School (53°13′28″N 2°57′11″W / 53.2245°N
2.9530°W / 53.2245; -2.9530 (The Ridings Community
Infant School)) and
Thomas Wedge Church of England Junior School (53°13′36″N 2°57′21″W / 53.2266°N
2.9558°W / 53.2266; -2.9558 (Thomas Wedge Church of
England Junior
School)). The latter,
originally known as Great Saughall School, was built and endowed by
Thomas Wedge of Sealand,
Flintshire, at his own expense in 1852 as a gift to the people
of Saughall and Sealand. In late 2006 Cheshire County Council agreed
to embark on a process which would ultimately lead to the merger of
the two schools. In March 2008 the plans were submitted and include
building an entirely new united primary school on the school field
behind the current Thomas Wedge building. Once this is complete,
the current school structures will be demolished to make room for
green space and a staff car park. The name of the school is likely
to be changed to Saughall Primary School.
Saughall Windmill is more commonly known as Gibbet Mill and is
now a private residence. Situated some distance outside the
village, this name is likely derived from some time during the
eighteenth century. It was the location of the murder of a farm
labourer by two fellow workers after a disagreement over earnings
in the vicinity of the mill. After their trial and execution, their
bodies were hung in chains, or "gibbeted" from a nearby ash tree,
as a warning to other criminals.[9]
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