Pott Shrigley is a small 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

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. According to the 2001 census, the civil parish and village has a population of 220. The nearest town is Bollington

Bollington

Bollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...

 to the southwest.

The village has a Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 primary school with around 50 pupils. The school was founded in 1492 and celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1992.

Shrigley Hall

The village is most popular for Shrigley Hall (Grade II* listed building), originally a private residence of the Downes family of Shrigley & Worth for almost 500 years until the early 19th century.
In 1929 the hall and 260 acres (105 ha) of grounds were purchased by the Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 Salesian order to become the Salesian Missionary

Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 College. Some 2,000 boys were educated there by 1986, when the college closed due to growing running costs, falling vocations and decreasing missionary work. In 1989 the hall was turned into a country club with an 18-hole golf course, leisure centre and a restaurant.
Adjoining civil parishes are

External links

• Information about, including history of, Pott Shrigley from the Happy Valley website
• Pott Shrigley Parish Council
• Pott Shrigley in 1848 from A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis (editor)