Holmes Chapel

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Holmes Chapel, view from the A50 towards St. Luke's Church

Holmes Chapel is a village in east Cheshire , England . It is approximately 23 kilometers northwest of Stoke-on-Trent and 32 kilometers southwest of Manchester . At the same time, Holmes Chapel is the capital of the civil parish of the same name with 5669 inhabitants (as of 2001).

history

The history of Holmes Chapel (whose part of the name Chapel means chapel ) is closely linked to the local parish church, which was mentioned as a subsidiary church of Sandbach as early as the 13th century . Your church book goes back to the year 1613.

In a fire in July 1753, the site, which then consisted of 19 buildings, was almost destroyed. Only the church, the pub and two cottages remained.

Holmes Chapel was also known as Hulme or Church Hulme in the 19th century . At first it was a district of Sandbach until it fell to the newly founded Civil Parish Church Hulme in 1866 . In addition to the village of Holmes Chapel, it included parts of the hamlet of Saltersford. In 1801 314 people lived in Church Hulme, 100 years later, after a steady increase, there were 1460 people.

On October 11, 1976 the Civil parish was renamed Holmes Chapel. On April 1, 1982, it expanded to include part of the Civil parish Cranage . It was the former Civil parish Cotton, which had belonged to Cranage since 1936.

The population and size of the place have increased continuously since its foundation, especially at the end of the 20th century, which was partly due to the good transport connections.

traffic

Holmes Chapel train station

Holmes Chapel has a two-platform train station operated by Northern Rail . There are hourly trains to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly .

The A50 trunk road, which connects Warrington to Leicester , runs through Holmes Chapel . It crosses in town with the A54, which in turn can be used to reach the 18th M6 slip road, about a mile away .

education

In the village there is a primary school, the Holmes Chapel Primary School and a secondary school, the Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School . It was founded in 1978 and employs 74 teachers who teach 1247 students between the ages of 11 and 18 (as of 2012).

Buildings

The oldest surviving building in Holmes Chapel is the parish church of St. Luke's Church, a successor to the church that already existed in the village. St. Luke's Church was built around 1430 in the Perpendicular Style as a half-timbered building with a sandstone steeple . At the beginning of the 18th century, the nave and the chancel were covered with red bricks arranged in the Flemish association . In 1967, English Heritage put St. Luke's Church on the list of monuments .

Another building with a long tradition is the Old Red Lion pub , which was first mentioned in a will in 1625.

Personalities

Twin town

Web links

Commons : Holmes Chapel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neighborhood Statistics, 2001 Census, Holmes Chapel CP (Parish). Retrieved May 22, 2012
  2. ^ T. Worthington Barlow: The Cheshire and Lancashire historical collector. London 1853, W. Kent & Co., p. 54.
  3. ↑ a b c Holmes Chapel Village History website of the Holmes Chapel Parish Council, Retrieved May 28, 2012
  4. ↑ Holmes Chapel ukbmd.org.uk, Retrieved May 22, 2012
  5. ↑ Details Holmes Chapel Station National Rail website, accessed May 28, 2012
  6. ↑ Parents Handbook, General information PDF file on the Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School website, Retrieved May 22, 2012
  7. ^ National Heritage List for England, Church of St Luke.Retrieved May 29, 2012

Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′  N , 2 ° 21 ′  W