Sound, Cheshire
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 Sound Oak Farmhouse |
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| Sound shown within Cheshire | |
| Population | 239 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ619483 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NANTWICH |
| Postcode district | CW5 |
| Dialling code | 01270 |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Sound is a hamlet (at SJ619483) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The hamlet is located 3 1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) to the south west of Nantwich. The parish also includes the small settlements of Newtown and Sound Heath. Nearby villages include Aston, Ravensmoor and Wrenbury.
The River Weaver runs along the southern boundary and the Welsh Marches railway line crosses the parish. There is a small Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve named Sound Heath, which forms an important habitat for freshwater invertebrates and breeding birds. The area is predominantly rural, with a total population at the 2011 Census of 239.
Sound, or Soond, is a name of Saxon origin which means a sandy place. Sound is not mentioned in the Domesday survey. In 1200–1300, there is evidence for a hamlet named Fouleshurst, which is thought to have been located near Fouleshurst (now Fullhurst) Hall on Sound Lane, in the north of the modern civil parish. However, no traces have yet been uncovered of this settlement. Records exist of the township of Sound itself from 1310. The area of the modern civil parish was divided between two administrative units in the Nantwich Hundred: part fell within Wrenbury chapelry, which was served by St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury, and part within the ancient parish of Acton, which was served by St Mary's Church, Acton. The earliest landowners were the Sound family, but the manor had passed to the Chetwode family by the reign of Edward IV (1461–1483) and by 1800, it was owned by the Cholmondeleys.
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