- Pott Shrigley
infobox UK place
official_name= Pott Shrigley
latitude= 53.309
longitude= -2.084
os_grid_reference= SJ944791
population = 220
civil_parish=Pott Shrigley
shire_district= Macclesfield
shire_county=Cheshire
region= North West England
country = England
constituency_westminster= Macclesfield
post_town= MACCLESFIELD
postcode_area= SK
postcode_district= SK10
dial_code= 01625Pott Shrigley is a small village and
civil parish in the Borough of Macclesfield,Cheshire ,England . According to the 2001 census, the civil parish and village has a population of around 220. [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792657&c=Pott+Shrigley&d=16&e=15&g=429247&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Official 2001 census figures.] Accessed 2007-06-11.] The nearest town isBollington to the southwest.The adjoining civil parishes are given in the table, below:
compass-table|place=Pott Shrigley
N =Poynton with Worth
NE=Lyme Handley
E =Lyme Handley
SE=Rainow
S =Rainow
SW=Bollington
W = Adlington
NW= AdlingtonThe village has a
Church of England primary school with around 50 pupils. The school was founded in 1492 and celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1992cite web|url=http://www.pottshrigley.school.cheshire.org.uk/|title=School website|accessdate=2007-11-29] .The village is most popular for Shrigley Hall (Grade II*
listed building cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=407440
title=Grade listing information from the English Heritage site
accessdate=2007-12-05] ), originally a private residence of the Downes family of Shrigley & Worth for almost 500 years until the early 19th century "Downes Family of Shrigley & Worth" section of cite web|url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/old-families2a.html|title=Old historic families of the Northwest of England, Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire
accessdate=2007-11-30] .In 1929 the hall and convert|260|acre|ha|0 of grounds were purchased by theCatholic Salesian order to become the SalesianMissionary College. Some 2,000 boys had been educated there until 1986, when the college closed due to growing running costs, falling vocations and decreasing missionary workcite web
url=http://shrigleyassociation.org/salesians.htm|title=The Salesians 1929-1986
accessdate=2007-11-30] . The hall was turned in 1989 into a country club with an 18 hole golf course, leisure centre and a restaurant.Notes
ee also
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St Christopher's Church, Pott Shrigley External links
* [http://www.happy-valley.org.uk/pottshrigley/pottshrigley.htm Information about, including history of, Pott Shrigley] from the Happy Valley website
* [http://parish.cheshire.gov.uk/pottshrigley/ Pott Shrigley Parish Council]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51221&strquery=pott#s3 Pott Shrigley in 1848] from "A Topographical Dictionary of England", Samuel Lewis (editor)
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