Faddiley
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|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= Chester South and 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
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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,[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/faddiley.html Genuki: Faddiley] (accessed 14 August 2007) measured at 163 during the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123318&c=Faddiley&d=16&e=62&g=6407812&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458137648953&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=16 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 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%3DBrindley%2Band%2BFaddiley%2BParish%2BCouncil 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 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 }} Faddiley falls in the parliamentary constituency of Chester South and Eddisbury, which has been represented since the 2024 general election by Aphra Brandreth of the Conservative Party. It was previously part of the Eddisbury constituency, which since its establishment in 1983 had been held by the Conservative MPs Alastair Goodlad (1983–99), Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015), Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19) and Edward Timpson (2019–24).
Geography and transport
The A534 (Wrexham Road) runs east–west through the parish.
Demography
Image:Woodhey Chapel Faddiley.jpg
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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525201147/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 |date=25 May 2011 }} (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.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1312896 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.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136206 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.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138636 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 15th century.[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/86471 Geograph: The Thatch Inn at Faddiley] (accessed 15 August 2007)[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138639 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,[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136212 Images of England: Dragon's Cottage] (accessed 14 February 2008)[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138638 Images of England: Fingerpost Farmhouse] (accessed 14 February 2008) Ivy Cottage on Holling Green Lane,[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1330108 Images of England: Ivy Cottage] (accessed 14 February 2008) Botterleyhill on Springe Lane,[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136192 Images of England: Botterleyhill] (accessed 14 February 2008) and the Old Cart House near Woodhey Hall, a former barn converted to residential use.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1330110 Images of England: Barn south of Woodhey Hall] (accessed 14 February 2008)[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/214154 Geograph: Old Cart House and Woodhey Hall] (accessed 14 February 2008)
Sport
Faddiley has a football team, established in 1968, which has played in the Crewe Regional Sunday Football League since 1971.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
See also
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
References
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=Sources=
- Latham FA, ed. Acton (The Local History Group; 1995) ({{ISBN|0-9522284-1-6}})
External links
{{Commons category|Faddiley}}
- [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10064156&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time: Faddiley CP/Tn]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/faddileyfc Faddiley Football Club]
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