Burland

Burland

Burland is a village and civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich districtof Cheshire, England, about 2½ miles west of Nantwich. The civil parish also includes the small settlements of Burland Lower Green, Burland Upper Green, Hollin Green and Stoneley Green, as well as parts of Gradeley Green and Swanley. [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792567&c=burland&d=16&e=15&g=428087&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Burland CP] ] [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/burland.html Genuki: Burland] ] The eastern part of the village of Ravensmoor also falls within the civil parish (also in the parish of Baddiley).

According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a total population of 582.

History

The civil parish formerly had populations of 371 (1801), 627 (1851), 581 (1901) and 546 (1951).

Geography and transport

The A534 (Wrexham Road) between Nantwich and Wrexham crosses the civil parish east–west.

The Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, just south of Hurleston Junction, runs north–south through the civil parish, immediately to the east of Burland village.Ordnance Survey Explorer 257: Crewe & Nantwich] The canal is crossed by Wrexham Bridge (carrying the A534) and the grade-II-listed Swanley Bridge, which dates from around 1793, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56960 Images of England: Swanley Bridge, No.8] (accessed 13 February 2008)] as well as three footbridges: Bethills Bridge, Stoneley Green Bridge and Platt's Bridge. North of Swanley Bridge lies Swanley Lock No. 2; the grade-II-listed lock dates from 1805 and is in blue-and-red brick with stone copings. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56955 Images of England: Swanley Lock No.2] (accessed 13 February 2008)]

Several small conifer plantations fall within the civil parish, including Admiral's Plantation and Tally-ho Covert to the north of Ravensmoor, and Long Plantation near Swanley.

Places of worship

The Baddiley and Ravensmoor Methodist Church, formerly a Wesleyan Chapel, stands on Swanley Lane in Ravensmoor (at SJ 620 507). Dated 1878, the building is in orange brick with stone dressing and has a prominent circular window and pillars capped with decorative stonework.

A Primitive Methodist Chapel dating from 1833 was located in the civil parish; it closed in 1965.

Other notable buildings

Swanley Hall in Burland is an L-shaped red-brick farmhouse originally dating from the early 16th century. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56956 Images of England: Swanley Hall] (accessed 13 February 2008)] Green Farm House in Burland Upper Green is a red-brick farmhouse dating from the 17th century. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56954 Images of England: Green Farm House] (accessed 13 February 2008)]

The civil parish also contains several grade-II-listed black-and-white cottages dating from the 17th century, some of which retain thatched roofs. These include Hollybank Cottage in Barracks Lane, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56952 Images of England: Hollybank Cottage] (accessed 13 February 2008)] Pear Tree Farmhouse and Rose & End Cottages in Stoneley Green, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56957 Images of England: Pear Tree Farmhouse] (accessed 13 February 2008)] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56958 Images of England: Rose Cottage & End-Cottage] (accessed 13 February 2008)] and Sparrows Roost in Swanley Lane. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56959 Images of England: Sparrows Roost] (accessed 13 February 2008)]

Wrexham Road in Burland village is lined by several grade-II-listed buildings dating from around 1870, formerly cottages of the Peckforton Estates. The red-brick cottages feature hexagonal latticed windows, ornate timber gabling and a prominent central chimney stack. [For example: [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56971 Images of England: 1 & 2 Tollemache Cottages] (accessed 13 February 2008)] Burland Farm House, also built for the Peckforton Estate, is of a similar date. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56964 Images of England: Burland Farm House] (accessed 13 February 2008)]

Ravensmoor Windmill, a former windmill dating from the early 19th century, has been restored as a residential property. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56961 Images of England: Ravensmoor Windmill] (accessed 13 February 2008)]

References

External links

* [http://vision.edina.ac.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10044558 A Vision of Britain Through Time: Burland Tn/CP]

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