Faddiley Explained

Coordinates:53.076°N -2.611°W
Official Name:Faddiley
Population:163
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Faddiley
Unitary England:Cheshire East
Lieutenancy England:Cheshire
Region:North West England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Eddisbury
Post Town:NANTWICH
Postcode District:CW5
Postcode Area:CW
Dial Code:01270
Os Grid Reference:SJ590530
Static Image:Cooks Pit Farm Faddiley.jpg
Static Image Caption:Cooks Pit Farm is typical of the Victorian buildings of this area

Faddiley is a small village (at SJ 590 530) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is located 4 miles to the west of Nantwich. The parish also includes the small settlements of Larden Green and Woodhey or Woodhey Green, with a total population of just over 150,[1] measured at 163 during the 2011 Census.[2] 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.[3] [4] From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the unitary authority of Cheshire East.[5] Faddiley falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury,[6] which has been represented by Edward Timpson since 2019, after being represented by Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19).

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.[7] 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.[8] [9]

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.[10]

The present Woodhey Hall is a Grade-II-listed red-brick farmhouse, built around 1870 as part of the Tollemache Estate.[11]

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 15th century.[12] [13] 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,[14] [15] Ivy Cottage on Holling Green Lane,[16] Botterleyhill on Springe Lane,[17] and the Old Cart House near Woodhey Hall, a former barn converted to residential use.[18] [19]

Sport

Faddiley has a football team, established in 1968, which has played in the Crewe Regional Sunday Football League since 1971.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/faddiley.html Genuki: Faddiley
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 16 March 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. Latham, p. 137
  4. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20090318202138/http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Parish/ParishDetail?parishname%3DBrindley%2Band%2BFaddiley%2BParish%2BCouncil Cheshire County Council: Parish Council Details: Brindley and Faddiley Parish Council
  5. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
  6. http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=359474&n=353173&mpp=50&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=20 Cheshire East Council & Cheshire West and Chester Council: Interactive Mapping: Eddisbury
  7. 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
  8. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1312896 Images of England: Woodhey Chapel
  9. Richards R. Old Cheshire Churches, pp. 367–369 (Batsford; 1947)
  10. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136206 Images of England: Woodhey Cross, Woodhey Lane
  11. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138636 Images of England: Woodhey Hall
  12. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/86471 Geograph: The Thatch Inn at Faddiley
  13. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138639 Images of England: The Tollemache Arms
  14. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136212 Images of England: Dragon's Cottage
  15. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138638 Images of England: Fingerpost Farmhouse
  16. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1330108 Images of England: Ivy Cottage
  17. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136192 Images of England: Botterleyhill
  18. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1330110 Images of England: Barn south of Woodhey Hall
  19. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/214154 Geograph: Old Cart House and Woodhey Hall