Shavington cum Gresty

Shavington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Santune; it was then held by William Malbank, who held much of the land in the Nantwich hundred.[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html The Domesday Book Online: Cheshire L–Z] (accessed 29 January 2009) In the 19th century, Shavington had four Nonconformist chapels, only one of which remains as a place of worship. The village name means "Sceafa's farmstead". Gresty means "badger path" or "wolf path".{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Shavington%20cum%20Gresty |title=Shavington cum Gresty |website=Key to English Place-names |access-date= 3 March 2024 |publisher=University of Nottingham}}{{Cite journal|jstor = 43346115|title = Oe "*grǣg" in Place-Names|journal = Neuphilologische Mitteilungen|volume = 96|issue = 4|pages = 361–365|last1 = Hough|first1 = Carole|year = 1995}}

The village was the first victim of air raid damage in Cheshire in the Second World War when on 19 July 1940 six high-explosive bombs fell, breaking windows over a mile radius and damaging the road, but no casualties were caused.{{cite book|title=Discovering Wartime Pressure 1939–1945|year=1985|publisher=Cheshire County Council Countryside and Recreation|page=49|isbn=978-0-906759-20-2}}

The logo of Shavington is the Woodnoth Coat of Arms which can be seen in the logo of the Parish Council and the Primary School.

Shavington cum Gresty is administered by Shavington Cum Gresty Parish Council.[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Parish/ParishDetail?parishname=Shavington+Cum+Gresty+Parish+Council Cheshire County Council: Parish Council Details: Shavington Cum Gresty Parish Council] (accessed 29 January 2009) 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 |date=17 May 2009 }} Shavington cum Gresty 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] (accessed 27 January 2009) which has been represented by Kieran Mullan of the Conservative Party since the 2019 UK General Election. The current Chair of the Parish Council is Benjamin Gibbs.

Shavington-cum-Gresty Parish Council run a website for the community called Shavington Online.{{citation |url=https://www.shavingtononline.co.uk|title=Shavington Online|publisher=Shavington-cum-Gresty Parish Council}}

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The civil parish has a total area of {{convert|950|acre|ha}}.Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council: Parish Statistics (downloaded from [http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk]; 5 April 2010) The terrain is relatively flat, with an average elevation of around 200 feet. Urban development has taken place at Shavington village, as well as the area immediately south of Crewe and along the B5071. Much of the remainder of the civil parish is rural, with the major land use being agricultural. Swill Brook and other unnamed brooks run through the area, and there are several small meres and ponds.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=369756&n=352234&mpp=5&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR&hLayer=PAR&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=84 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Shavington cum Gresty] (accessed 29 January 2009)Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 257: Crewe & Nantwich

The Welsh Marches railway line, the A500 trunk road and Newcastle Road (the former route of the A500) all run east–west through the civil parish; the A500 has a junction at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ707527}}. The B5071 (Crewe Road) runs north–south from Crewe to Wybunbury. A network of lanes connect the B5071 with adjacent villages; these include Gresty Lane, which runs westwards to Rope and Willaston; and Weston Lane, which runs eastwards to Basford and Weston.

In 2006, the total population of the civil parish was estimated as 4,830. The 2001 census recorded a population of 4,849 in 1,954 households.[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792601&c=Shavington+cum+Gresty&d=16&e=15&g=428108&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Shavington cum Gresty CP] (accessed 29 January 2009) By the time of the 2011 Census the population had reduced to 4,519.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128365&c=Shavington+cum+Gresty&d=16&e=62&g=6407641&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458039510969&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=15 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} Historical population figures were 189 (1801), 453 (1851), 1,149 (1901) and 1,850 (1951).

{{see also|Listed buildings in Shavington cum Gresty}}

Shavington Hall is a small country house, built in 1877 for the Earl of Shrewsbury in a Tudor Revival style; it is listed at grade II.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1258019 Images of England: Shavington Hall] (accessed 29 January 2009) It bears the same name as the much larger seat of the Earls of Kilmorey near Adderley, Shropshire, which was demolished in 1959.

Shavington Lodge is a grade-II-listed, red-brick farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138551 Images of England: Shavington Lodge] (accessed 29 January 2009)

St John's Methodist Chapel is on Main Road in Shavington ({{gbmappingsmall|SJ700517}}); it was founded in 1876 as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.[Crewe Methodist Church Circuit: St John's] Facilities within the civil parish include two public houses; The Elephant and The Vine,[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/265805 Geograph: The Elephant, Shavington] (accessed 14 August 2007)[http://www.thevineshavington.co.uk The Vine @ Shavington: Home] (accessed 13 July 2010)[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/389829 Geograph: Cheshire Cheese, Gresty, Shavington] (accessed 29 January 2009) hairdressers, and a fish and chip shop.

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

Shavington Primary School is on South Bank Avenue in Shavington ({{gbmappingsmall|SJ701519}}).[http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/SchoolsSearch/Details.aspx?DfES=2698 Cheshire County Council: My School: Shavington Primary School]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (accessed 29 January 2009) It serves the majority of the civil parish of Shavington cum Gresty, as well as Hough and parts of Basford, Chorlton, Rope and Wybunbury. Parts of Shavington cum Gresty parish fall within the catchment areas of the Berkeley Primary School in Wistaston and Wybunbury Delves Church of England Primary School in Wybunbury.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=370488&n=350660&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.PSCA&hLayer=PSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=137 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Shavington Primary School] (accessed 29 January 2009)

The parish falls within the catchment area of Shavington Academy in Rope.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=369708&n=352120&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.SSCA&hLayer=SSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=128 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Shavington High School] (accessed 29 January 2009)

• The French poet Alfred de Vigny wrote his poem La Colère de Samson (Samson's Anger) while he was in Shavington, on 7 April 1839.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
• Eric Hall (born 1954) lived in Vine Tree Avenue until 1970. Now living in Virlet, France, he is the writer, producer and presenter of "Radio Anglais" – the French Government's English language public information service broadcasts on French local radio.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
• George Saul Mottershead OBE (1894–1978) ran a market garden in the village in the 1920s.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} In 1930 he and his family moved to Oakfield Grange at Upton by Chester where they founded Chester Zoo.

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• Listed buildings in Shavington cum Gresty

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• [http://www.shavingtonprimary.co.uk/ Shavington Primary School]
• [http://www.ropegreenmethodists.org St John's Methodist Church Shavington]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110524002021/http://www.svfc.org.uk/ Shavington Village Festival Committee]

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