Hurleston

Hurleston

Hurleston is a civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich district of Cheshire, England, which lies to the north west of Nantwich. It is administered jointly with the adjacent parish of Stoke. [ [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Parish/ParishDetail?parishname=Stoke+and+Hurleston+Parish+Council Cheshire County Council: Parish Council Details: Stoke and Hurleston Parish Council] (accessed 17 August 2007)] The parish is predominantly rural with scattered farms and buildings and no settlements. Nearby villages include Barbridge, Burland, Radmore Green, Rease Heath and Stoke Bank.

The parish includes several small deciduous and mixed woodlands, including Bachehouse Covert, the mere of Bachehouse Pool and most of the Hurleston Reservoir. The Shropshire Union Canal splits into two branches at Hurleston Junction and both branches run through the parish; the main line runs north–south and the Llangollen branch at first runs westwards and then turns southwards. The A51 runs north–south through the parish, crossing the Llangollen branch of the canal at Hurleston Bridge.

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 64. [Combining [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/CheshireCC.LocalStaistics.Web/results.aspx?session_id=7cfde834-5d5b-4238-bab1-b47b73739794&missed_stages=3 Cheshire County Council: Local Statistics: Hurleston - Stoke] & [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792605&c=stoke&d=16&e=15&g=428090&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Stoke CP] (accessed 17 August 2007)]

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External links

* [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/hurleston.html Genuki: Hurleston]


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