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Bradfield Green

Minshull Vernon
Hollingshead Bridge, Minshull Vernon.jpg
Hollingshead Bridge on the Shropshire Union Canal
Minshull Vernon is located in Cheshire
Minshull Vernon
Minshull Vernon
Minshull Vernon shown within Cheshire
Population 391 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ683603
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CREWE
Postcode district CW1
Dialling code 01270
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°08′24″N 2°28′23″W / 53.14°N 2.473°W / 53.14; -2.473Coordinates: 53°08′24″N 2°28′23″W / 53.14°N 2.473°W / 53.14; -2.473

Minshull Vernon is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The hamlet lies 3 miles (5 km) to the north west of Crewe, south east of Winsford and south west of Middlewich. The parish also includes the small settlements of Bradfield Green, Eardswick, Hoolgrave, Minshull Hill, Walley's Green and Weaver Bank. The total population of the civil parish is somewhat over 200, measured at 391 in the Census 2011. Nearby villages include Church Minshull, Warmingham and Wimboldsley.

The River Weaver and the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal run through the area.

A Roman road between Nantwich and Middlewich ran northwards through the civil parish; several stretches of the road, as well as a Roman bridge, have been uncovered in excavations. Minshull Vernon and the adjacent parish of Church Minshull appear in the Domesday survey as Maneshale, which formed part of the extensive lands of William Malbank (also William Malbedeng) and had a hawk's eyrie and four deer enclosures. The remains of two medieval moated sites provide evidence for settlement during that period. In the Tudor period, Minshull Vernon formed part of the lands of the Venable family, lords of Middlewich. A description of the parish from the early 17th century records its great and spacious farms.

There were three churches or chapels in the 19th century, Congregational (1809), Wesleyan Methodist (1832) and Church of England (1847); the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Bradfield Green has closed. In 1840, a school was built at Bradfield Green; it had over a hundred pupils in 1900, but has since closed. The parish suffered bombing during the Second World War, with two fatalities.


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