Lymm
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Lymm is a large village and civil parish within the Warrington
borough of Cheshire
, in North West England
. Lymm was an urban district
of Cheshire from 1894 to 1974. The civil parish of Lymm incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham. According to the 2001 Census
it had a population of 10,552.
origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre.
and one represents the Conservative Party
.
There is also a twelve-member Lymm Parish Council. Currently there are six Liberal Democrats, four Conservatives and two independent councillors.
Census data is based on that of Lymm Ward
, notable for its historic buildings, both listed and unlisted. These include the French
-style terracotta former Lymm Town Hall (currently unlisted); St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
, Oughtrington Hall
and Lodge, formerly owned by a cadet branch of the Leigh
family and now Lymm High School
; Lymm Hall
, a former Domville family residence; Foxley Hall, home to a cadet branch of the ancient Booth
family, before ownership passed to the Carlisle
family is no longer standing, but fustian
cutting cottages on Booth's Hill Road and Arley Grove do survive. The parish church
of St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
is an example of Gothic Revival architecture. St Mary's Church, Lymm
is next to Lymm Dam
. By 1850 an earlier 14th century building was in disrepair, and the Newcastle
architect
John Dobson
was commissioned to rebuild it. The 1521 tower was retained and raised, but the additional stonework meant that the tower had to be rebuilt in 1887.
Lymm's village cross
, known simply as "The Cross", is a Grade I listed structure. A twenty-four hour webcam overlooks the landmark. Additional web cams are strategically located around Lymm Village
(junctions 7 & 9) and M6
(Junction 20) motorways are both within 3 miles of Lymm. The conjunction of these motorways with the A50
is known as the Lymm Interchange, and hosts a service station known as the Poplar 2000 services, a well used truck stop. The A56
also passes just south of the village, connecting the nearby towns of Warrington and Altrincham
. Buses to Lymm from Warrington and Altrincham are frequent during the weekday and on Saturdays
passes through the centre of Lymm. The Manchester Ship Canal
passes to the north, and beyond its route lies the River Mersey
.To the east of Lymm the River Bollin
flows along the village's border with Warburton
and the borough of Trafford
.
Club fields four teams on a regular basis.
There is angling
at Meadow View, Whitbarrow Road, Statham
, where there are three man-made lakes stocked with a variety of fish. Angling is represented in Lymm by Lymm Angling Club.
Lymm has a number of other sports facilities, including Lymm Golf
Club and nearby High Legh
Park Golf Club; Lymm Lawn Tennis
and Croquet
Club; Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club, whose home ground is in the former grounds of Oughtrington Hall, a former ancestral home of a cadet
branch of the Leigh
family; and Lymm Leisure Centre which is next door to the cricket club at Lymm High School
. Burford Lane Farm is one of many horse riding venues in north Cheshire.
Warrington
Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...
borough of Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, in North West England
North West England
North West England, informally known as The North West, is one of the nine official regions of England.North West England had a 2006 estimated population of 6,853,201 the third most populated region after London and the South East...
. Lymm was an urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
of Cheshire from 1894 to 1974. The civil parish of Lymm incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham. According to the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
it had a population of 10,552.
History
The name, of CelticCeltic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre.
Governance
The village is part of the Lymm ward of the Borough of Warrington. There are three councillors: two represent the Liberal DemocratsLiberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
and one represents the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
.
There is also a twelve-member Lymm Parish Council. Currently there are six Liberal Democrats, four Conservatives and two independent councillors.
Population
Note: Statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%Census data is based on that of Lymm Ward
- Total Population: 11,040 residents
- Male:Female ratio: 49.1%:50.9%
- Average age of population: 40.3 years
Housing and social situation
- Households: 4,431
- 83.2% are owner occupied
- 9.5% are socially rented (i.e. council accommodation)
- 5.6% are privately rented
- 1.7% are rent free
Employment
- 65.4% are employed.
- 2.0% are unemployed.
- 2.2% are full-time students (therefore classed as active).
- 30.4% are classed as "economically inactive".
Education
- 18.8% have no qualifications whatsoever.
- 40.8% have only level 1 or 2 qualifications.
- 34.2% have level 3 or higher (i.e. non-compulsory) qualifications.
Landmarks
Lymm village centre is a designated conservation areaConservation area
A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...
, notable for its historic buildings, both listed and unlisted. These include the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-style terracotta former Lymm Town Hall (currently unlisted); St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
St Peter's Church, Oughtrington is in the settlement of Oughtrington to the east of the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building, and an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of...
, Oughtrington Hall
Oughtrington Hall
Oughtrington Hall is a country house standing to the south of the settlement of Oughtrington and to the east of the village of Lymm, in Cheshire, England. It was built in about 1830 for Trafford Trafford. In 1862 it was bought by G. C. Dewhurst, a cotton manufacturer from Manchester. ...
and Lodge, formerly owned by a cadet branch of the Leigh
Edward Leigh
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative politician. He has sat in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire since 1997, and for its predecessor constituency of Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997...
family and now Lymm High School
Lymm High School
Lymm High School is an English comprehensive school, located in Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, of which the grammar school part had a history stretching back to the late 16th century...
; Lymm Hall
Lymm Hall
-History:The house was built in the 17th century for the Domville family. In the 18th or early 19th century, wings were added. In about 1840, stepped gables and mullioned windows were installed, resulting in a symmetrical front in neo-Jacobean style...
, a former Domville family residence; Foxley Hall, home to a cadet branch of the ancient Booth
Booth Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Booth, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010...
family, before ownership passed to the Carlisle
Kenneth Carlisle
Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...
family is no longer standing, but fustian
Fustian
Fustian is a term for a variety of heavy woven, mostly cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech, from at least the time of Shakespeare...
cutting cottages on Booth's Hill Road and Arley Grove do survive. The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
of St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
St Peter's Church, Oughtrington is in the settlement of Oughtrington to the east of the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building, and an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of...
is an example of Gothic Revival architecture. St Mary's Church, Lymm
St Mary's Church, Lymm
St Mary's Church, Lymm, is in the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England, standing on a bank overlooking Lymm Dam. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building...
is next to Lymm Dam
Lymm Dam
Lymm Dam is the name of a lake in Lymm, Cheshire, England, situated in the greenbelt buffer between the nearby towns of Warrington and Altrincham. It was created in 1824 by a dam built during the construction of what is now the A56 road, when local inhabitants objected to initial plans for a route...
. By 1850 an earlier 14th century building was in disrepair, and the Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
John Dobson
John Dobson (architect)
John Dobson was a 19th-century English architect in the neoclassical tradition. He became the most noted architect in the North of England. Churches and houses by him dot the North East - Nunnykirk Hall, Meldon Park, Mitford Hall, Lilburn Tower, St John the Baptist Church in Otterburn,...
was commissioned to rebuild it. The 1521 tower was retained and raised, but the additional stonework meant that the tower had to be rebuilt in 1887.
Lymm's village cross
Lymm Cross
Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.The cross dates from the early to the middle 17th century and it was restored in 1897. It is constructed of sandstone and stands on an artificially stepped...
, known simply as "The Cross", is a Grade I listed structure. A twenty-four hour webcam overlooks the landmark. Additional web cams are strategically located around Lymm Village
Transport
The M56M56 motorway
The M56 Motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. It runs from Junction 4 of the M60 to Dunkirk, Cheshire and is in length. It is often busy with long-distance commuter traffic towards North Wales...
(junctions 7 & 9) and M6
M6 motorway
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...
(Junction 20) motorways are both within 3 miles of Lymm. The conjunction of these motorways with the A50
A50 road
The A50 is a major trunk road in England. It runs from Warrington to Leicester; however, it was once a much longer route.-Current route:...
is known as the Lymm Interchange, and hosts a service station known as the Poplar 2000 services, a well used truck stop. The A56
A56 road
The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the...
also passes just south of the village, connecting the nearby towns of Warrington and Altrincham
Altrincham
Altrincham is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Sale and east of Warrington...
. Buses to Lymm from Warrington and Altrincham are frequent during the weekday and on Saturdays
Waterways
The Bridgewater CanalBridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester...
passes through the centre of Lymm. The Manchester Ship Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a river navigation 36 miles long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift...
passes to the north, and beyond its route lies the River Mersey
River Mersey
The River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
.To the east of Lymm the River Bollin
River Bollin
The River Bollin is a major tributary of the River Mersey in the north-west of England.It rises in Macclesfield Forest at the western end of the Peak District, and can be seen in spring form, from the Buxton to Macclesfield road. The stream then descends the through Macclesfield and Wilmslow where...
flows along the village's border with Warburton
Warburton, Greater Manchester
Warburton is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Cheshire, Warburton lies on the south bank of the River Mersey between the borough of Warrington and Greater Manchester. Today, the village remains...
and the borough of Trafford
Trafford
The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston...
.
Sport
Association football is played at Lymm FC (Three teams) Lymm Rovers FC and Lymm Piranhas JFC whilst Lymm RugbyRugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
Club fields four teams on a regular basis.
There is angling
Angling
Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...
at Meadow View, Whitbarrow Road, Statham
Statham
-Places:* Statham, Georgia in the United States* Statham, a hamlet in the civil parish of Lymm, part of the borough of Warrington, England, UK-People:* Alan Statham* Brian Statham* Harry Statham* Jason Statham, action film actor* Kyley Statham* Nick Statham...
, where there are three man-made lakes stocked with a variety of fish. Angling is represented in Lymm by Lymm Angling Club.
Lymm has a number of other sports facilities, including Lymm Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
Club and nearby High Legh
High Legh
High Legh is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies six miles north west of Knutsford, seven miles east of Warrington and seventeen miles south west of Manchester City Centre....
Park Golf Club; Lymm Lawn Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and Croquet
Croquet
Croquet is a lawn game, played both as a recreational pastime and as a competitive sport. It involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing court.-History:...
Club; Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club, whose home ground is in the former grounds of Oughtrington Hall, a former ancestral home of a cadet
Cadet
A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...
branch of the Leigh
Edward Leigh
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative politician. He has sat in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire since 1997, and for its predecessor constituency of Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997...
family; and Lymm Leisure Centre which is next door to the cricket club at Lymm High School
Lymm High School
Lymm High School is an English comprehensive school, located in Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, of which the grammar school part had a history stretching back to the late 16th century...
. Burford Lane Farm is one of many horse riding venues in north Cheshire.
Local celebrities
- Chris BissonChris BissonChristopher Paul "Chris" Bisson is a British actor.-Career:Born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, Chris Bisson first appeared on television as J.J. in Children's Ward in 1990...
, Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
and ShamelessShamelessShameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
actor - Tim BoothTim BoothTimothy John Booth is an English singer, dancer, and actor best known as the lead singer from the band James.-1980s:Booth was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and attended Shrewsbury School...
, lead singer of the band "JamesJames (band)James are a British rock band from Manchester, England. They formed in 1982 and were active throughout the 1980s, but most successful during the 1990s. Their hit singles include "Come Home", "Sit Down", and "She's a Star" as well as their American College Radio hit "Laid"...
" - Ian BrownIan BrownIan George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...
from The Stone RosesThe Stone RosesThe Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s... - Aiden ByrneAiden ByrneAiden Byrne is head chef and owner of The Collingwood, a bar and restaurant in West Kirby. and of The Church Green in Lymm, Cheshire. He also runs the British Grill in the Craxton Wood hotel near Chester....
, chef who starred in Great British Menu - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Bobby CharltonBobby CharltonSir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE is an English former professional football player, a member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966...
, footballer - Peter CollinsPeter Collins (speedway rider)Peter Spencer Collins MBE is a former Speedway rider who spent his whole career with the Belle Vue Aces, the team he supported as a child...
, 1976 World SpeedwayMotorcycle speedwayMotorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
Champion - Matthew CorbettMatthew CorbettMatthew Corbett is an English television personality best known for The Sooty Show and laterly Sooty and Co. He is the son of Harry Corbett...
, TV personality (best known for the puppet SootySootySooty is a British glove puppet bear and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The children's television show which bears his name has continued in various forms since the 1950s and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the...
) - Martin EdwardsMartin Edwards (author)Kenneth Martin Edwards, commonly known as Martin Edwards is a British crime novelist, critic and solicitor.- Biography :...
, crime novelist and lawyer - Walter SmithWalter SmithWalter Smith, OBE is a Scottish football manager. His most recent job was at Scottish Premier League club Rangers.Smith had a relatively modest playing career, consisting of two spells with Dundee United which was split by a short time at Dumbarton.A pelvic injury meant he moved in to coaching at...
, former EvertonEverton F.C.Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
manager - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
John StalkerJohn StalkerJohn Stalker is a former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, now residing in Lymm. He headed the Stalker Inquiry that investigated the shooting of suspected members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1982. He has also had a television and literary career.-Career:Stalker...
, former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police - David StrettleDavid StrettleDavid Strettle, , is an English rugby union player who plays on the wing for Saracens and England.- Biography :Strettle grew up in Thelwall, Cheshire, attending Lymm High School and playing for Lymm RFC. Strettle then went on to study at Sheffield Hallam University...
, HarlequinsHarlequin F.C.The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
rugby player - David WeirDavid WeirDavid Weir is a Scottish association footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and is a Scottish internationalist, as a centre back....
, RangersRangers F.C.Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
and ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
footballer - Robert WestallRobert WestallRobert Atkinson Westall was the author of many books, mostly children's fiction, though also for adults, and non-fiction. Many of his novels, while supposedly aimed at a teenage audience, deal with many complex, dark and in many ways adult themes...
, author, lived on Woodland Drive in Lymm until his death.