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Little Bollington

Village in Cheshire, England

Village in Cheshire, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
official_nameLittle Bollington
static_image_nameLittle Bollington - Swan With Two Nicks.jpg
static_image_captionThe Swan With Two Nicks public house, Little Bollington
coordinates
population170
population_ref(2011 census)
civil_parishLittle Bollington with Agden
unitary_englandCheshire East
lieutenancy_englandCheshire
regionNorth West England
constituency_westminsterTatton
post_townALTRINCHAM
postcode_districtWA14
postcode_areaWA
dial_code0161
os_grid_referenceSJ728867

Little Bollington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Bollington with Agden, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side and Dunham Park lies to the north east. The village is 2.5 mi west of Altrincham, near the boundary with Greater Manchester, which here follows the River Bollin.

At the 2011 census the parish has a population of 170. In place of a parish council, administration took place via a parish meeting.

History

At Fairy Brow in Little Bollington, there is evidence of Bronze Age activity. An archaeological dig by South Trafford Archaeological Group in 1983 uncovered an oval Bronze Age burial pit. In the burial were (unurned) cremated remains of an adult male; the remains were radio carbon dated to 3435 (+/-35) bp. A tanged copper alloy knife dated 2000-1500 BC was with the cremated remains. According to the Domesday survey in 1086, the manor of Little Bollington was held by the Saxon thegn Aelfward and later by the Norman Hamon de Mascy. The northern part of Little Bollington was in the medieval parish of Bowdon.

Bollington was formerly a township in the parishes of Bowden and Rostherne, in 1866 Bollington became a civil parish, On 1 April 1974 the parish was renamed from "Bollington" to "Little Bollington", on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Agden to form "Little Bollington with Agden".

The area was flooded overnight on New Year’s Eve 2024 when the Bridgewater Canal was breached following heavy rain.

Demography

At the 2001 census, Little Bollington had a total population of 162. For every 100 females, there were 100 males. The average household size was 2.22. Of those aged 16–74 in Little Bollington, 48.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of the former Borough of Macclesfield (35.6%) and England (45.5%). According to the census, 0% were unemployed and 24.41% were economically inactive. 9.88% of the population were under the age of 16 and 11.73% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Little Bollington was 47.83. 64.81% of residents described their health as 'good'.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. "Little Bollington with Agden". Mapit.
  2. "Little Bollington Parish".
  3. (11 April 2008). "Macclesfield Parish Officers Details". Macclesfield Borough Website.
  4. Pat Faulkner. (2005). "Fairy Brow: Partial excavation of a bronze age barrow at Little Bollington". [[South Trafford Archaeological Group]].
  5. Nevell (1997), pp. 27-29.
  6. "History of Bollington, in Macclesfield and Cheshire". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
  7. "Relationships and changes Bollington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
  8. "Macclesfield Registration District". UKBMD.
  9. "Cheshire East Registration District". UKBMD.
  10. Keeling, Neal. (2025-01-01). "Bridgewater Canal near Dunham Massey collapses after being swollen by rain".
  11. (2025-01-01). "UK flooding: Aerial video shows collapsed Cheshire canal".
  12. "Little Bollington Parish".
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