Grappenhall

infobox UK place
official_name= Grappenhall
map_type= Cheshire
latitude= 53.372503
longitude= -2.542999
os_grid_reference= SJ639863
population = 9,377
civil_parish= Grappenhall and Thelwall
unitary_england= Warrington
country = England
lieutenancy_england= Cheshire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Warrington South
post_town= Warrington
postcode_district = WA4
postcode_area= WA
dial_code= 01925

Grappenhall is a village in Warrington, Cheshire. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377. [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790890&c=Grappenhall&d=16&e=15&g=388221&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=7792001 2001 census figures for the entire civil parish] ]

Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday book under the name "Gropenhale", which states it to be worth five shillings.

St Wilfrid's church has a carving of a cat on the West face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later.

Along with the church the centre of the village contains two pubs (The Parr Arms and The Ram's Head) and St. Wilfrids Primary School.

Parts of the Casebook of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall.

Notable People

Tim Curry - Born in Grappenhall in 1946.

Notes

ee also

*St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall

External links

* [http://www.virtual-knutsford.co.uk/frameset.php?main=/archaeology/j_cheshirecat1.htm Images of the church and its cat.]

* [http://www.grappenhall.com Grappenhall Youth & Community Association]