Faddiley

Faddiley

Faddiley is a small village (at SJ 590 530) and civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich district of Cheshire, England. The village is located 4 miles to the west of Nantwich.the football team has had a bad year but there was a glimmer of hope in the last game of the season when they defeated beeston hotel six nil with stand in captain keith ayers scoring a thirty yard screamer (top corner)assistant manager derek said it was the best goal i never saw cos i was looking at the bulls bollocks in the other field. club secretary barry blakemore said keith has missed much easier chances this year but that goal should secure him a very lucrative contract with us next year(rumoured to be in the five rolls of tape per season bracket)The parish also includes the small settlements of Larden Green and Woodhey or Woodhey Green, with a total population of a little over 150. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/faddiley.html Genuki: Faddiley] (accessed 14 August 2007)] Nearby villages include Brindley, Burland, Chorley, Haughton and Ravensmoor.

Governance

Since 1967, Faddiley has been administered by the Brindley and Faddiley Parish Council, jointly with the adjacent civil parish of Brindley. [Latham, p. 137] [ [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Parish/ParishDetail?parishname=Brindley+and+Faddiley+Parish+Council Cheshire County Council: Parish Council Details: Brindley and Faddiley Parish Council] (accessed 29 May 2008)]

Geography and transport

The A534 (Wrexham Road) runs east–west through the parish.

Demography

According to the 2001 census, the civil parish had a population of 163. [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792581&c=Faddiley&d=16&e=15&g=428287&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Faddiley CP] (accessed 12 August 2007)] The historical population figures were 224 (1801), 314 (1851), 227 (1901) and 193 (1951).

Places of worship

The grade-I-listed Woodhey Chapel is located near Woodhey Green. Formerly the chapel of the old Woodhey Hall, now demolished, it was built in around 1700 for the widow of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, the last baronet of Woodhey. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56797 Images of England: Woodhey Chapel] (accessed 14 February 2008)] Richards R. "Old Cheshire Churches", pp. 367–369 (Batsford; 1947)]

Woodhey Methodist Chapel was a Wesleyan chapel founded in 1809. It was rebuilt at a different location in 1873, and closed in 1980.

Other notable landmarks

Woodhey Cross is a grade-II*-listed late medieval sandstone cross, which stands at a junction on Woodhey Lane, around 500 m east of Woodhey Chapel. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=56802 Images of England: Woodhey Cross, Woodhey Lane] (accessed 14 February 2008)]

The present Woodhey Hall is a grade-II-listed red-brick farmhouse, built around 1870 as part of the Tollemache Estate. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56796 Images of England: Woodhey Hall] (accessed 14 February 2008)]

The Thatch Inn public house is located on Wrexham Road in Faddiley village. Formerly the Tollemache Arms, the grade-II-listed black-and-white inn dates from the late 17th century. [ [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/86471 Geograph: The Thatch Inn at Faddiley] (accessed 15 August 2007)] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56805 Images of England: The Tollemache Arms] (accessed 14 February 2008)] The civil parish contains several other grade-II-listed timber-framed buildings dating from the 17th and early 18th centuries. These include Dragon's Cottage and Fingerpost Farmhouse on Wrexham Road, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56804 Images of England: Dragon's Cottage] (accessed 14 February 2008)] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56803 Images of England: Fingerpost Farmhouse] (accessed 14 February 2008)] Ivy Cottage on Holling Green Lane, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56794 Images of England: Ivy Cottage] (accessed 14 February 2008)] Botterleyhill on Springe Lane, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56795 Images of England: Botterleyhill] (accessed 14 February 2008)] and the Old Cart House near Woodhey Hall, a former barn converted to residential use. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56801 Images of England: Barn south of Woodhey Hall] (accessed 14 February 2008)] [ [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/214154 Geograph: Old Cart House and Woodhey Hall] (accessed 14 February 2008)]

References

ource

*Latham FA, ed. "Acton" (The Local History Group; 1995) (ISBN 0 9522284 1 6)

External links

* [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10064156&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time: Faddiley CP/Tn]

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