Civil Parishes in Warrington - Birchwood, Woolston, Cheshire, Great Sankey, Lymm, Culcheth and Glazebury, Burtonwood, Stockton Heath, Winwick (Paperback)

Chapters: Birchwood, Woolston, Cheshire, Great Sankey, Lymm, Culcheth and Glazebury, Burtonwood, Stockton Heath, Winwick, Cheshire, Penketh, Croft, Cheshire, Appleton Thorn, Rixton-With-Glazebrook, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Walton, Cheshire, Stretton, Warrington, Hatton, Warrington, Poulton-With-Fearnhead, Cuerdley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 66. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Birchwood is a town and civil parish in the north-eastern part of Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 (as at the 2001 census). Historically a part of Lancashire, it is the easternmost part of the Warrington urban area. It was built during the time of much expansion in the town of Warrington as it became a "new town." Birchwood town is separated into three residential estates: Gorse Covert (grid ref SJ665925, population 2,790), Oakwood (grid ref SJ656914, population 4,381) and Locking Stumps (grid ref SJ645918, population 2,759), with all the main facilities centred around the centre. The area east of Birchwood is mainly birch forests and Risley Moss, part of the Mersey Forest. Risley Moss is a site of special scientific interest. The bulk of Birchwood is built on the site of the former ROF Risley Royal Ordnance Factory, with Birchwood Forest Park lying in the centre, in which the old bunkers from the factory form part of the landscape. "The surface, at a distance, looks black and dirty, and will bear neither horse nor man.. What nature meant by such a useless production tis hard to imagine, but the land is entirely to waste" are the words of Daniel Defoe as he rode through Risley in 1724. (Later part of the Risley area was renamed Birchwood as the Warrington 'New town' development). In the past travellers avoided the Risley (Birchwood) area because it of its dangerous mossland, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=600960