Hunsterson

File:Hunsterson Road, Chapel Wood.jpg

Hunsterson is administered by Doddington and District Parish Council, which also includes the parishes of Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley cum Wrinehill, Doddington and Lea.[http://parish.cheshire.gov.uk/doddington/Index.htm Doddington and District Parish Council Official Web Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092219/http://parish.cheshire.gov.uk/doddington/Index.htm |date=29 September 2007 }} (accessed 18 August 2007) 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 }} Hunsterson falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich,[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=370949&n=351148&mpp=25&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=19 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Crewe and Nantwich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001204236/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=370949&n=351148&mpp=25&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=19 |date=1 October 2011 }} (accessed 27 January 2009) which has been represented by Edward Timpson since a by-election in 2008.

Hunsterson was formerly a township in the parish of Wybunbury,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3620|title=History of Hunsterson, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=4 July 2023}} from 1866 Hunsterson was a civil parish in its own right,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10114421|title=Relationships and changes Hunsterson CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=4 July 2023}} on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished to form "Doddington and District".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/cheshire%20east.html|title=Cheshire East Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=9 October 2023}}

The area is relatively flat with an average elevation of around 70 metres. The civil parish is predominantly rural, with the major land use being agricultural.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=369819&n=345548&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR&hLayer=PAR&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=72 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Hunsterson CP] (accessed 26 February 2009)Ordnance Survey Explorer 257: Crewe & Nantwich Part of Doddington Park falls within the north east of the parish, including an unnamed lake south east of Pepperstreet Moss. Landscaped in the 18th century by Capability Brown, the park is listed at grade II by the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=369951&n=345551&mpp=5&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.RPG&hLayer=&hField=&hValue= Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Doddington Park (Grade II, 173.73ha)] (accessed 30 January 2009)[http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,1095/tab,summary/Itemid,293/ Parks & Gardens UK: Doddington Park, (also known as Doddington Hall, Nantwich), Nantwich, England] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002112540/http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option%2Ccom_parksandgardens/task%2Csite/id%2C1095/tab%2Csummary/Itemid%2C293/ |date=2 October 2011 }} (accessed 30 January 2009) There several areas of mixed woodland, particularly in the north east of the parish, including Black Covert, Chapel Wood, Pepperstreet Moss, The Reeds and part of Birchenhill Wood. Ridley's Pool lies within Chapel Wood, and numerous small meres and ponds are scattered across the parish. Birchall Brook forms part of the southern boundary, and several unnamed brooks run through the parish.

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Bridgemere Lane/Hunterson RoadThis spelling is preferred by the Ordnance Survey, but some sources give it as Hunsterson Road runs east–west through the parish between the A529 to the west and the A51 to the east. Hunsterson Road runs northwards from the junction of Bridgemere Lane and Hunterson Road towards Hatherton, and Pewit Lane runs southwards to Brown Moss; the crossroads at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ697461}} forms the centre of the hamlets of Hunsterson and Four Lane End. The South Cheshire Way runs through the north-west of the parish, in part following Bridgemere Lane.

File:Yewtree Cottage Hunsterson.jpg

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 156,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792588&c=Hunsterson&d=16&e=15&g=428453&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Hunsterson CP] (accessed 12 August 2007) increasing to 163 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124905&c=Hunsterson&d=16&e=62&g=6407974&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458146682578&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=16 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The population has declined since 1800; the historical population figures were 235 (1801), 212 (1851), 165 (1901) and 159 (1951).

St John's Church off Hunterson Road (at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ702463}}) dates from 1836–7 and is by Edward Lapidge; it is listed at grade II. The church is in yellow sandstone and features a bellcote and a plaque with the coat of arms of the Delves-Broughton family of Doddington Hall.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1312517 Images of England: Church of St John] (accessed 26 February 2009)Cust, L.H. (Harding, Jane, revd) (2004). [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/16062 Lapidge, Edward (1779–1860)] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (accessed 26 February 2009) Originally a chapel, it became the parish church for Hunsterson and the nearby parishes of Bridgemere, Checkley cum Wrinehill and Doddington in 1840.[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/doddington.html UK & Ireland Genealogy: Doddington] (accessed 26 February 2009)

File:Pewit Hall, Hunsterson.jpg

Three timber-framed buildings within the parish are listed at grade II. Yewtree Cottage and Brownmoss Farmhouse are both farmhouses on Pewit Lane which date originally from the 16th or 17th century,[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1137071 Images of England: Yewtree Cottage] (accessed 26 February 2009)[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1137080 Images of England: Brownmoss Farmhouse] (accessed 26 February 2009) while Foxes Barn Cottage on Bridgemere Lane dates originally from the 17th century.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1137056 Images of England: Foxes Barn Cottage] (accessed 26 February 2009)

Greenfields is a red-brick farmhouse on Hunterson Road which dates from the early or mid 17th century.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138511 Images of England: Greenfields] (accessed 26 February 2009) Pewit Hall is a three-storey red-brick farmhouse on Pewit Lane which dates from the early 19th century.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138513 Images of England: Pewit Hall] (accessed 26 February 2009) Both are listed at grade II. Off Hunterson Road are the former paddocks and stables of Doddington Hall. In red brick with a stone coping, they date from the late 18th century and are also grade II listed.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138512 Images of England: Wall of paddocks and stable building] (accessed 26 February 2009)

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

There are no educational facilities in Hunsterson. The civil parish falls within the catchment areas of Bridgemere Church of England Primary School in Bridgemere and Brine Leas High School in Nantwich.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=369827.19&n=345500.05&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.PSCA&hLayer=PSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=135 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Bridgemere Church of England Primary School] (accessed 26 February 2009)[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=369827&n=345500&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.SSCA&hLayer=SSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=135 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Brine Leas High School] (accessed 26 February 2009)

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