Macefen

Human settlement in England

Macefen

Minor road in Macefen

Macefen

Location within Cheshire

OS grid reference| SJ514479
Civil parish|

* Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley/No Man's Heath and District

Unitary authority|

* Cheshire West and Chester

Ceremonial county|

* Cheshire

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| MALPAS
Postcode district| SY14
Dialling code| 01948
Police| Cheshire
Fire| Cheshire
Ambulance| North West
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53°01′34″N 2°43′26″W﻿ / ﻿53.026°N 2.724°W﻿ / 53.026; -2.724

Macefen is a former civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its area is now part of the civil parishes of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley and No Man's Heath and District. Macefen lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the village of Malpas and 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of Whitchurch, Salop. Part of the village of No Man's Heath was within the northern boundary of Macefen. Its name is thought to possibly be an anglicisation of an older Welsh placename Maes-y-ffin, "the open field (maes) at the boundary (ffin)".[1]

Macefen was a slightly curious parish in that it scarcely appears in gazetteers. Under the manorial system Macefen was a manor of the Barony of Malpas, and was for many years part of the estates of the Grosvenor family.[2] Later it was a township of the ancient parish of Malpas, and later still its boundaries became those of a civil parish. Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1914 lists Macefen under Tushingham cum Grindley thus:[3] "Macefen (or Maesfen) is a small township in the Whitchurch union, 2 miles south from Malpas station. The Hon. Mrs. Algernon R. Parker, who has a residence here [at grid reference SJ518466 on the north side of Bradley Lane], is lady of the manor and sole landowner." It never had its own church but was served by adjacent churches.[4] The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley and No Man's Heath and District.[4]

## References[edit]

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1. ^ Dodgson, J. M. (1972). The Place-names of Cheshire. English Place-Name Society. p. 37.
2. ^ Hansall, John Hickson (1817). The History of the County Palatine of Chester. Chester: John Fletcher. p. 340.
3. ^ Kelly's Directory of Cheshire. London: Kelly's Directories. 1914. p. 663\. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
4. ^ a b "Macefen". GenUKI. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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