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Winwick Asylum

Winwick
St Oswald's Church, Winwick.jpg
St. Oswald's Church, Winwick
Winwick is located in Cheshire
Winwick
Winwick
Winwick shown within Cheshire
Population 4,366 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SJ603928
Civil parish
  • Winwick
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Warrington
Postcode district WA2
Dialling code 01925
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°25′50″N 2°35′51″W / 53.430623°N 2.597622°W / 53.430623; -2.597622Coordinates: 53°25′50″N 2°35′51″W / 53.430623°N 2.597622°W / 53.430623; -2.597622

Winwick is a village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Located within the historic boundaries of Lancashire, it is situated about three miles north of Warrington town centre, near Junction 22 of the M6 and Junction 9 of the M62. Winwick also borders Newton-le-Willows and Burtonwood.

According to the 2001 Census, the civil parish had a population of 4,366.

King Oswald of Northumbria is believed to have been killed in the Winwick area and the parish church, dedicated to him, was reputedly located with guidance from the "Winwick Pig", a carving of which can still be seen on the church wall. Richard Sherlock was the incumbent at Winwick for some thirty years in the seventeenth century, and Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man, spent his early years in the care of Sherlock at Winwick.

Winwick was the site of a battle in the second English Civil War on 19 August 1648, where Oliver Cromwell defeated a mainly Scottish royalist army.

The Captain of the RMS Titanic, Edward Smith, married Sarah Eleanor Pennington on 13 January 1887 at St. Oswald's Church.

In 1934, Winwick was the site of an accident in which 11 people were killed and 19 people were injured. Another accident occurred in 1967, but there were no fatalities or serious injuries.


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