Puddington, Cheshire
{{Short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country= England
| official_name= Puddington
| static_image= Crocus Time in Puddington - geograph.org.uk - 132702.jpg
| static_image_caption= The village green, Puddington
| coordinates= {{coord|53.253|-3.008|display=inline,title}}
| population= 381
| population_ref= (2011 census)
| civil_parish= Puddington
| unitary_england= Cheshire West and Chester
| lieutenancy_england= Cheshire
| region= North West England
| constituency_westminster= Chester North and Neston
| post_town= NESTON
| postcode_district= CH64
| postcode_area= CH
| dial_code= 0151
| os_grid_reference= SJ328733
}}
Puddington is a village and civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located to the south east of the town of Neston and close to the border with Wales.{{cite map |url=https://binged.it/2M1YiL6 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=117 Chester & Wrexham/Caer A Wrecsam |scale=1:50000 |series=Landranger|access-date=19 June 2018}}
Puddington has as its centrepiece a village green which hosts the annual Christmas carol service and summer barbecue.
In the 2001 census the village of Puddington had 325 inhabitants,{{NOMIS2001|id=13UB092|title=Puddington Parish|access-date=5 February 2021}}
which had risen to 381 by the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011157|title=Puddington Parish|access-date=6 August 2020}}
History
The name derives from Old English, likely meaning 'Put(t)a's farmstead or settlement'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Puddington |title=Key to English Place-Names: Puddington|publisher=University of Nottingham|access-date=5 February 2021}}
Puddington is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Potitone,{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html#puddington |title=Cheshire L-Z: Puddington|publisher=Domesday Book Online|access-date=5 February 2021}}
within the Wilaveston Hundred of Cheshire. Ten households were listed: four villagers, four smallholders, one slave and one 'riders'.{{cite web|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ3273/puddington/ |title=Place: Puddington|publisher=Open Domesday|first=Anna|last=Powell-Smith|access-date=3 August 2020}}
The population was measured at 139 in 1801, 176 in 1851, 126 in 1901 and increasing to 410 by 1951.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/puddington |title=Puddington|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=11 July 2020}}
Formerly a township in Burton parish of the Wirral Hundred, it became a civil parish in 1866. Puddington was added to Wirral Rural District in 1894, then from 1933 most of the village became part of Chester Rural District. This was abolished on 1 April 1974, when local government reorganisation in England and Wales created the non-metropolitan district of Chester.{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10009560 |title=Puddington Tn/CP|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth|work=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=5 February 2021}}
Governance
The civil parish of Puddington includes the hamlets of Badger's Rake (part), Benty Heys, Croxton Wood, Shotwick and Woodbank. Part of Two Mills was also within its boundaries until 2015.
As of {{year}}, Puddington is within the Saughall and Mollington Ward of the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority.{{cite web|url=https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/your-council/key-statistics-and-data/ward-profiles.aspx |title=Ward Profile report: Saughall and Mollington Ward |publisher=Cheshire West and Chester Council|date=2019|access-date=11 July 2020}}
Nationally, the village is in the Chester North and Neston parliamentary constituency.
See also
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
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External links
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