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Woodbank, Cheshire

Village in Cheshire, England

Summary

Village in Cheshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Woodbank
coordinates
population	109
population_ref	(2011)
{{cite web	url	http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130878&c=CH1+6EX&d=16&e=62&g=6407217&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1432845727075&enc=1	title=Parish population 2011	access-date=28 May 2015}}
civil_parish	Puddington
unitary_england	Cheshire West and Chester
lieutenancy_england	Cheshire
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	City of Chester
post_town	CHESTER
postcode_district	CH1
postcode_area	CH
dial_code	0151, 01244
os_grid_reference	SJ355729
static_image	The Yacht Inn, Woodbank - DSC06417.JPG
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	The Yacht Inn on the A540 Parkgate Road at Woodbank

Woodbank is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Puddington, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, about 6 miles northwest of the city of Chester and near the larger village of Saughall. In 2001 the parish had a population of 62.

History

Woodbank was a township in Shotwick parish of the Wirral Hundred and included part of the nearby hamlet of Two Mills, in 1866 Woodbank became a civil parish, The population was 48 in 1801, 64 in 1851, 72 in 1901 and 77 in 1951. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged into Puddington.

Community

Woodbank is within the parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester, represented by the Labour MP Samantha Dixon. It is also part of the Puddington and District Parish Council.

It can be accessed via the A550, the A5117 and the A540 (a former toll road). There are two minor roads running through the area - Woodbank Lane and Shotwick Lane.

Woodbank consists of a Hall and a few houses as well as The Yacht Inn, which was built as a pub in about 1720, and is on the corner of Shotwick Lane, which leads to the former port of Shotwick on the River Dee.

The nearest railway station can be found in Capenhurst, about 1.5 miles away. There is also a bus service which passes through the area hourly, running between West Kirby and Chester.

Gallery

File:Woodbank sign and bus stop, A540 Parkgate Road - DSC06490.JPG|Woodbank sign and bus stop, A540 File:Houses, Shotwick Lane, Woodbank - DSC06455.JPG|The three Woodbank Hall cottages on Shotwick Lane File:Two Mills Presbyterian Church, Woodbank - DSC06420.JPG|Two Mills Presbyterian Church, Chapel Lane

References

"History of Woodbank, in Chester and Cheshire". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
"Relationships and changes Woodbank Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"WOODBANK". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy.
"Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD.
"The Yacht Inn". pub-explorer.com.

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