Rixton-with-Glazebrook

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Rixton-with-Glazebrook


Rixton-with-Glazebrook is located in Cheshire

Rixton-with-Glazebrook

Rixton-with-Glazebrook



Location within Cheshire

Population1,884 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ697925
Civil parish
  • Rixton-with-Glazebrook
Unitary authority
  • Warrington
Ceremonial county
  • Cheshire
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWARRINGTON
Postcode districtWA3
Dialling code01925
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West

EU ParliamentNorth West England
UK Parliament
  • Warrington South
WebsiteWarrington Villages

List of places

UK

England

Cheshire

53°25′43″N 2°27′27″W / 53.42863°N 2.45739°W / 53.42863; -2.45739Coordinates: 53°25′43″N 2°27′27″W / 53.42863°N 2.45739°W / 53.42863; -2.45739

Rixton-with-Glazebrook is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies to the east of Warrington and borders Cadishead, and is largely farmland. It has a railway station at Glazebrook and is served by buses along the A57 road. The parish was originally a township within Warrington parish before becoming a separate parish in 1866. It was part of the Warrington Poor Law Union and, from 1894, Warrington Rural District, and the District of Warrington from 1974.


According to the 2001 Census, Rixton-with-Glazebrook parish had a population of 1,884.[1]


Glazebrook has a small housing estate, a post office and Glazebrook railway station. The station, on the Liverpool to Manchester southern route, marks the westernmost boundary of the Transport for Greater Manchester area.


The village lies around 4 miles east of Warrington town centre and is bounded by Cadishead to the east and Culcheth to the north.




Contents





  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 Notable people


  • 3 See also


  • 4 Notes and references


  • 5 External links




Etymology


The name "Rixton" derives from the personal name "Ric" and tun, which is Old English for a homestead or settlement. "Glazebrook" derives from glas, which can mean either a river, or else "blue" or "green or blue", and brook, from Old English "brōc", meaning a small stream.[2]



Notable people



  • Neil McArthur (born 1956/57), businessman[3]


See also



  • Listed buildings in Rixton-with-Glazebrook


Notes and references




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  2. ^ "Warrington Villages". warrington.gov.uk.


  3. ^ Pidd, Helen (4 July 2018). "How philanthropy breathed new life into a forgotten Salford suburb - Helen Pidd". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2018.




External links




  • Rixton-with-Glazebrook website




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