Kelsall

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Kelsall
The Lord Binning (now The Morris Dancer), a pub in the village centre
Kelsall is located in Cheshire
Kelsall
Kelsall
Location within Cheshire
Population2,609 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ525680
Civil parish
  • Kelsall
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTARPORLEY
Postcode districtCW6
Dialling code01829
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°12′25″N 2°42′43″W / 53.207°N 2.712°W / 53.207; -2.712

Kelsall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located around 8 miles (13 km) east of Chester, 8 miles (13 km) west of Northwich, and 4 miles (6 km) north west of Tarporley. The village is situated on Kelsall Hill, a part of the Mid-Cheshire Ridge, the broken line of sandstone hills that divide the west Cheshire Plain from its eastern counterpart. The ridge includes other hills including Peckforton, Beeston, Frodsham, and Helsby.

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

On Christmas eve, December 1944, a V-1 flying bomb exploded near Street Farm to the south of the village. It had been one of several aerial-launched rockets fired at Manchester by the German Luftwaffe. This explosion would be the most westerly impact of a V1 bomb during the Second World War.[2]

Demographics

At the 2001 Census the population of Kelsall civil parish was 2,525,[3] increasing to 2,609 at the 2011 census.[4] The total population of the Kelsall local government ward, which also included the village of Ashton Hayes, was recorded as 3,439.[5] This ward had been amalgamated with Tarvin by the time of the 2011 Census.

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

  1. ^ British Geological Survey 1:50K map sheet 109 Chester
  2. ^ "V1 Bomb Flying Over the Ridge 1944". www.sandstoneridge.org.uk. 26 December 2024.
  3. ^ 2001 Census: Kelsall (civil parish), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 8 January 2009
  4. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  5. ^ 2001 Census: Kelsall (ward), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 8 January 2009
  6. ^ "Willington Fruit Farm Shop". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  7. ^ "About us...and what we do". Chester Folk Festival. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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