Newhall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East

Cheshire East

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The borough was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in...

 and the ceremonial county of Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The village lies 3½ miles to the west of Audlem

Audlem

Audlem is a large village and civil parish located in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in the north west of England, approximately south of Nantwich. Close to the border with the neighbouring county of Shropshire, the village is eight miles east of...

 and 5 miles to the south west of Nantwich

Nantwich

Nantwich is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The town gives its name to the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich...

. The parish also includes the village of Aston

Aston by Wrenbury

Aston is a village in the civil parish of Newhall in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The village should not be confused with several other villages named Aston in Cheshire, which include Aston...

(at ), and the small settlements of Aston Heath, Barnett Brook

Barnett Brook

Barnett Brook is a hamlet in the Newhall civil parish and the Cheshire East area of Cheshire, England....

, Brown's Bank, Dodd's Green, Grandford, Grindley Green, Hollingreen, Kingswood Green, Maiden Estate, Salesbrook

Salesbrook

Salesbrook is a small settlement in the parish of Newhall, near the village of Aston, in the ceremonial county of and the unitary authority of Cheshire East in England...

, Sheppenhall and part of Sandford. Nearby villages include Audlem and Wrenbury

Wrenbury

Wrenbury is a village in the civil parish of Wrenbury cum Frith, the unitary authority of Cheshire East, and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England...

.

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 669.

Governance

Newhall is administered by Newhall Parish Council. From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich

Crewe and Nantwich

Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population of 111,007...

 Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 of Cheshire East

Cheshire East

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The borough was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in...

 . Newhall falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury

Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Eddisbury is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.- Boundaries :...

, and has been represented by Stephen O'Brien since 1999.

Geography and transport

The A530

A530 road

The A530 road is a road linking the A525 east of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England with the A559 east of Northwich, in Cheshire. The road follows the route:*A525*Nantwich*Crewe*Middlewich*A559...

 and A525

A525 road

The A525 is major route from Rhyl in North Wales to Newcastle-under-Lyme in England. On the way, it passes near to Denbigh, through Ruthin, through Wrexham and near Whitchurch.It is dual carriageway just south of Rhyl...

 roads run north–south and east–west, respectively, through the parish.

Landmarks

The industrial enterprises of Aston Mill and New Primebake are located in the parish. St Andrew's Methodist Chapel is located in the village of Aston

Aston by Wrenbury

Aston is a village in the civil parish of Newhall in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The village should not be confused with several other villages named Aston in Cheshire, which include Aston...

 and has a small cemetery; there is another Methodist church in Dodd's Green. The Bhurtpore Inn, an award-winning public house listed in the The Good Pub Guide, is found in Aston.

Aston House Farm is a black-and-white timber-framed

Timber framing

Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...

 farmhouse in Aston which dates from 1662; it is listed at grade II.

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