Saughall

Village in Cheshire, England

This article is about the village of Saughall. For the village on the Wirral Peninsula, see Saughall Massie.

Human settlement in England

Saughall

All Saints Church

Saughall

Location within Cheshire

Population| 3,009 (2011 census)
OS grid reference| SJ360700
Civil parish|

* Saughall & Shotwick Park /
Puddington /
Chester (unparished area)

Unitary authority|

* Cheshire West and Chester

Ceremonial county|

* Cheshire

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| CHESTER
Postcode district| CH1
Dialling code| 01244
Police| Cheshire
Fire| Cheshire
Ambulance| North West
UK Parliament|

* City of Chester

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53°13′24″N 2°57′33″W﻿ / ﻿53.2234°N 2.9593°W﻿ / 53.2234; -2.9593

Saughall is a village in the civil parish of Saughall and Shotwick Park, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Located between Shotwick and Blacon, it is approximately 4.8 km (3.0 mi) north west of Chester and 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from Sealand across the Welsh border.

At the 2001 census, there were 3,084 residents in the village[1] reducing to 3,009 at the 2011 census.[2] A total of 3,585 people living in the ward of Saughall, with 48.5% male and 51.5% female.[3] This electoral ward was called Saughall and Mollington at the 2011 census. The total ward population at this census was 4,463.[4]

## Etymology

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The name Saughall is Anglo-Saxon in origin, meaning "willow nook" or "corner where willows grow".[5]

## History

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The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions the village as Salhale.[6] Most of the land is recorded as in the possession of a Norman baron, William Malbank (or Malbanc). The remainder was held by St Werburgh Abbey in Chester.

Saughall was a fishing village until cut off from the sea by land reclamation in the Dee estuary. The river had flowed to the sea along the current border between Wales and England, until in the 18th century when it was diverted into its present channelized course to try to improve ship access from the sea to Chester.[5]

The village previously consisted of two townships in the parish of Shotwick, Wirral Hundred. Great Saughall had a population of 147 in 1801, 493 in 1851 and 703 in 1901.[7] Little Saughall had a population of 48 in 1801, 69 in 1851 and 137 in 1901.[8] The civil parish of Saughall was created on 1 April 1948[9] by uniting both settlements, with a combined population of 1,518 in 1951. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 to form Saughall and Shotwick Park, with parts also incorporated into the parish of Puddington and the unparished area of Chester.[10][11]

Between 31 March 1890 and 1 February 1954, Saughall railway station on the Chester & Connah's Quay Railway served the village. The station has been demolished and the trackbed is now a cycleway.

## Community

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The village had two local schools: The Ridings Community Infant School and Thomas Wedge Church of England Junior School. The latter, originally known as Great Saughall School, was built and endowed by Thomas Wedge of Sealand, Flintshire, at his own expense in 1852 as a gift to the people of Saughall and Sealand. In late 2006 Cheshire County Council agreed to embark on a process that would ultimately lead to the merger of the two schools. In March 2008 the plans were submitted and included building an entirely new united primary school on the school field behind the current Thomas Wedge building. This was completed in 2010; the old schools have been demolished and replaced with Saughall All Saints Primary School.

Saughall Windmill is more commonly known as Gibbet Mill and is now a private residence. Some distance outside the village, its name likely dates from the 18th century. It was the location of the murder of a farm labourer by two fellow workers after a disagreement over earnings near the mill. After their trial and execution, their bodies were hung in chains, or "gibbeted" from a nearby ash tree, as a warning to other criminals.[5][12]

## See also

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* Cheshire portal

* Listed buildings in Saughall
* Saughall Massie, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside
* All Saints Church, Great Saughall

## References

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1. ^ "2001 Census: Saughall (Civil Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. ^ "Ward Profile". City of Chester website. Retrieved 6 February 2007.[dead link]
4. ^ "Ward population 2011". ukcensusdata.com. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
5. ^ a b c "History of Saughall". Saughall and Shotwick Park Parish Council. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
6. ^ "Cheshire (L-Z): Saughall". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
7. ^ "Great Saughall". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. ^ "Little Saughall". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
9. ^ "Relationships and changes Saughall CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
10. ^ "Shotwick". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
11. ^ "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
12. ^ "The Mills of Wirral". Cheshire Magazine. C.C. Publishing. Retrieved 10 November 2007.

## External links

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* Chester
* Ellesmere Port
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* Neston
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* Winsford

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* Acton Bridge
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* Darnhall
* Davenham
* Delamere and Oakmere
* Dodleston
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* Eaton and Eccleston
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* Golborne David
* Great Boughton
* Great Budworth
* Guilden Sutton
* Handley
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* Hartford
* Harthill
* Helsby
* Huntington
* Ince
* Kelsall
* Kingsley
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* Ledsham
* Little Budworth
* Little Leigh
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* Mollington
* Moston
* Mouldsworth
* Moulton
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* No Man’s Heath and District
* Norley
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* Puddington
* Rowton
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* Aldford
* Ashton Hayes
* Bickley
* Bradley
* Bridge Trafford
* Bruen Stapleford
* Buerton
* Burton
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* Caughall
* Chorlton-by-Backford
* Church Shocklach
* Churton by Aldford
* Churton by Farndon
* Churton Heath
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* Delamere
* Dunham-on-the-Hill
* Duddon
* Eaton
* Eccleston
* Edge
* Edgerley
* Foulk Stapleford
* Golborne Bellow
* Grafton
* Hampton
* Hapsford
* Hatton
* Hockenhull
* Hoole Village
* Horton-by-Malpas
* Horton-cum-Peel
* Huxley
* Iddinshall
* Kings Marsh
* Larkton
* Lea Newbold
* Lower Kinnerton
* Macefen
* Marlston-cum-Lache
* Mickle Trafford
* Newton by Malpas
* Newton-by-Tattenhall
* Oakmere
* Oldcastle
* Overton
* Picton
* Poulton
* Prior's Heys
* Pulford
* Saighton
* Saughall
* Shocklach Oviatt
* Shotwick
* Shotwick Park
* Stanthorne
* Stockton
* Tattenhall
* Tilstone Fearnall
* Tiverton
* Tushingham cum Grindley
* Utkinton
* Wimbolds Trafford
* Wimboldsley
* Woodbank
* Wychough

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* Chester
* Ellesmere Port

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* Handforth
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* Lymm
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* Middlewich
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* Neston
* Northwich
* Poynton
* Runcorn
* Sandbach
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See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire

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