Willington | |
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Location within
Cheshire | |
Population | 277 ( 2011 census) |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TARPORLEY |
Postcode district | CW6 |
Dialling code | 01829 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Willington is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) from Chester in Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, the population was 277. [1] [2] [3] [a]
The village contains a public house (The Boot), farm shop and hotel (Willington Hall). [4]
The placename means "village of a woman called Winflǣd", from the Old English personal name Winflǣd, and the suffix tun for farm or village. The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as Winfletone, [5] (under the ownership of Walter de Vernon and consisting of only two households), [6] and then as Wynlaton in the 12th century. [7]
Willington was previously an extra-parochial area in Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. From 1894 the civil parish was within Tarvin Rural District, transferring to the Chester district in 1974. [8]
The Boot Inn occupies a row of red-brick and sandstone cottages that were built in 1815. Behind the pub is Boothsdale, also known as 'Little Switzerland', accessible by a well-used footpath.
Willington Hall was built in 1829 and designed by the Nantwich architect George Latham. [4] It is a designated Grade II listed building. [9]
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