Brindley

The name Brindley means "a burnt clearing".Latham, p. 16 The township does not appear in the Domesday survey, the first mention of Brindley being in 1288.Latham, p. 19 Brindley fell within the ancient parish of Acton and was once part of the manor of Baddiley.Latham, p. 9Latham, p. 23 Landowners included Willis Allen in 1656, Sir Thomas Mainwaring and Sir Thomas Brereton in 1671, and the Wilbraham and Tomkinson families from 1798.Latham, p. 36

Medieval landowners

In medieval times Brindley township and the Norman landowners that took its name were called Burndelegh, Birnedelegh, Burendeleg, Brundelegh, Brundeley, Brundylegh and later in Tudor times until the 18th century, 'Brundley', eventually evolving to the modern Brindley.Noel Brindley – family history, name research from various ancient documents and Google books

Earlier, in c.1272 a marriage was arranged to unite two Norman families. Gilbert de Stoke, son of Randle (Ranulphus) de Praers, was betrothed to Isolda de Brereton, daughter of Sir Ralph Brereton. As part of Isolda's marriage settlement, land at Brundelegh (Brindley), was given to Gilbert. Their first son decided to call himself Brundelegh de Brundeley (Brindley) after the land that he had inherited.John Beavis Brindley, first Recorder of Hanley, Staffs.

In 1288, Philip Russell sued William de Bulkelegh, Richard de Burndelegh and William, son of Matilda de Stok, in a trespass case. This also ended up including 'Birndelegh', when Richard the clerk of that place failed to prosecute William de Spurstow that same year. The same source – The County Court Rolls – also stated that the Burland family had lands in Burndelegh.Tony Bostock, medieval Cheshire historian

On 10 November 1361, Edward, Earl of Chester, granted the office of Constable of Beeston Castle (less than 6 miles from Brindley) to John de Brundelegh, with a salary: £4 a year and receiver of St. Pierre landsGeorge Ormerod's History of Cheshire vol. II of which Brindley was a part, and also turf from Peckforton Moss (income from a valuable fuel). The orders included to reside in the castle.The Household and Military Retinue of Edward the Black Prince, David S. Green Edward, Earl of Chester in 1361, was the son of Edward III and was also Prince of Wales, famously known as the Black Prince.

In common with much of the surrounding area, the village was occupied by Royalist forces as they advanced on Nantwich in December 1643 during the Civil War.Latham, p. 34

The civil parish was enlarged from {{convert|1090|acre|km2}} to {{convert|1250|acre|km2}} in a series of boundary changes between 1871 and 1891.[http://vision.edina.ac.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10175227&c_id=10001043&add=Y A Vision of Britain Through Time: Brindley Tn/CP: Area (acres)]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (accessed 30 May 2008)[http://vision.edina.ac.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10175227&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time: Brindley Tn/CP: Historical Boundaries]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (accessed 30 May 2008)

Since 1967, Brindley has been administered by the Brindley and Faddiley Parish Council, jointly with the adjacent civil parish of Faddiley.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]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (accessed 29 May 2008) From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517000027/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 |date=17 May 2009 }} Brindley falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury,[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=355734&n=357048&mpp=50&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=20 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Eddisbury] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001204304/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=355734&n=357048&mpp=50&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=20 |date=1 October 2011 }} (accessed 27 January 2009) which has been represented by Edward Timpson since 2019,{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000686 |title= Eddisbury Parliamentary constituency |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 December 2019}} after being represented by Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19).

File:Brindley farmland.jpg

Radmore Covert lies at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ601551}}, and there is also a small strip of woodland at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ586539}}. An unnamed brook runs east–west across the civil parish and there are numerous small meres and ponds scattered across the farmland. The land use is predominantly agricultural, with cattle pasture, horse paddocks and some arable land.Latham, p. 126

File:A534 Brindley.jpg at Brindley]]

The A534 (Wrexham Road) between Nantwich and Wrexham runs east–west towards the southern boundary of the parish. Other through routes include Brindley Lea Lane and Brindley Hall Road, which both run broadly north from the A534 towards Haughton, Long Lane, which runs to the north west from the A534 to Radmore Green and Haughton, and Kidderton Lane, which runs to the south east from the A534 towards Hollin Green.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=358925&n=354420&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR&hLayer=PAR&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=66 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Brindley CP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001203844/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=358925&n=354420&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR&hLayer=PAR&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=66 |date=1 October 2011 }} (accessed 29 May 2008)

According to the 2001 census, the civil parish had a population of 134, in 58 households.[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792562&c=Brindley&d=16&e=15&g=428283&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Brindley CP] (accessed 29 May 2008) The population increased to 155 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121202&c=Brindley&d=16&e=62&g=6407808&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458125535875&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=16 March 2016|publisher=Office for Nation Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The population has remained broadly constant since the beginning of the 19th century; the historical population figures were 148 (1801), 186 (1851), 127 (1901) and 123 (1951).

File:Brindley Lea Hall, Brindley.jpg

Radbrook Cottage on Long Lane in Radmore Green is a timber-framed black-and-white cottage which dates from 1617.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1312982 Images of England: Radbrook Cottage] (accessed 29 May 2008) A black-and-white cottage on Kidderton Lane dates originally from the late 17th century.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138662 Images of England: The Cottage] (accessed 29 May 2008) Both cottages are listed at grade II. Brindley Lea Hall ({{gbmappingsmall|SJ590535}}) is a brown-brick farmhouse which was built around 1860 as part of the Tollemache estate; it is also grade II listed.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1330082 Images of England: Brindley Lea Hall] (accessed 29 May 2008) The present house was built on the site of a moated house, believed to be the seat of the Allen family during the 17th century. The former Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Brindley village dates from 1873.

{{see also|List of schools in Cheshire East}}

The Brindley and Faddiley School was built on the common in Brindley Lea in 1850; it closed in 1983.Latham, pp. 92–3 Brindley civil parish falls within the catchment areas of Acton Church of England Primary School in Acton and Malbank School and Sixth Form College in Nantwich.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=358925&n=354420&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.PSCA&hLayer=PSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=631 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Primary School Catchment Areas: Acton Church of England Primary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001203918/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=358925&n=354420&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.PSCA&hLayer=PSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=631 |date=1 October 2011 }} (accessed 29 May 2008)[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=358925&n=354420&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.SSCA&hLayer=SSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=97 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Secondary School Catchment Areas: Malbank School and Sixth Form College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001203952/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=358925&n=354420&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.SSCA&hLayer=SSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=97 |date=1 October 2011 }} (accessed 29 May 2008)

File:Goodwill Hall, Brindley.jpg

The Goodwill Hall in Brindley Lea (at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ591531}}) was built by volunteers in 1962–64, based on an army hut from Isycoed.Latham, pp. 107–9 It forms a venue for theatrical and musical performances as part of the Cheshire Rural Touring Network and also provides a meeting place for local organisations.[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3E20934D-0ABE-4DD5-A44D-4D0320DF5BEB/0/CRTNforwebApr08.pdf Cheshire County Council: Cheshire's Rural Touring Network: Spring Season 2008]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The mobile library service visits Brindley village weekly.[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Library/MobileLibrary/intvillresult.htm?village%3DBunbury Cheshire County Council: Mobile Library Village Details]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (accessed 29 May 2008)

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