Wheelock, Cheshire
| Wheelock | |
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| Wheelock shown within Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ751590 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SANDBACH |
| Postcode district | CW11 |
| Dialling code | 01270 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Wheelock is a long village in the civil parish of Sandbach which is in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is south of Sandbach on the road to Crewe. It was named after the River Wheelock.
Before its bypass was opened, among lorry drivers Wheelock was notorious for a vicious little hill running from the Trent and Mersey Canal bridge up to a bridge crossing over the North Staffordshire Railway near the junction with Zan Drive, particularly when winter weather made the road icy.
Zan Drive leads to a small industrial area named Zan Industrial Park.
Wheelock is currently serviced by a number of local business. The village currently has two public houses, The Cheshire Cheese and The Commercial Hotel, the former largest public house of the village; The Nags Head Hotel has now reopened as the Shampaan Indian restaurant. Along with the public houses, the village also has a Chinese takeaway and a fish and chip shop.
A small shop from which basic groceries can be purchased; and a large pet food store where all manner of foods and treats can be bought for a variety of animals also service the community.
A local farm has also converted their shop into a family day out. The business has been expanded to include an onsite café, and large children’s play area.
The village was named after the River Wheelock which runs through it, and in which Wheelock is derived from an Old Welsh source meaning "winding river". The first recorded name for the village is Hoileck/Hoiloch in the Domesday Book. By 1396 the name had evolved to Quelock then in 1382 to Whelock. Two years later, in 1384 it was Welock and by 1390 the name Wheelock was settled upon.
In 1801 the population was 189, by 1851 it was 548 and by 1901 it was 685.
The village was originally a township within the ancient parish of Sandbach, which formed part of Northwich Hundred. Later on it became part of Congleton Poor Law Union, Rural Sanitary District, and Rural District. Wheelock and surrounding land was made a separate civil parish in 1866, but in 1936 the civil parish was abolished, with the northern part (containing the village) being transferred to Sandbach Urban District and Sandbach civil parish, and the southern part (containing the hamlet of Wheelock Heath and surrounding farmland) being transferred to Haslington civil parish in Nantwich Rural District. Ecclesiastically, Wheelock lies in the Diocese of Chester, and a separate ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1840. It first formed part of Middlewich rural deanery, but since 1880 it has been part of Congleton rural deanery.
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