Buglawton is a suburb of

Congleton Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The town is by the River Dane, south of Manchester and north of Stoke on Trent. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 26,482. Topony ...

, in the south-east of

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. It was a parish and an

urban district Linnainmaa

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(i.e. effectively an independent town) from 1894 until 1936, when it was incorporated in Congleton borough. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1651. The Urban District Council consisted of six elected members and five officers, the latter including a council clerk, a surveyor and a rate and rent collector. The council was responsible for quite a large geographical area, greater in size than the borough of Congleton at that time though smaller in population and in buildings. Most of the 2580 acres which comprised the parish of Buglawton was used for dairy farming and the Council's area was generally more rural than industrial. The bulk of the population, however, lived and worked in a small area adjacent to the

River Dane The River Dane is a tributary of the River Weaver that originates in the Peak District area of England. The name of the river (earlier ''Daven'') is probably from the Old Welsh ''dafn'', meaning a "drop or trickle", implying a slow-moving river ...

. The parish church of St John was built in 1841. Blue plaque to Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy

The area of the former parish includes the hamlets of Timbersbrook, Key Green, Crossley and

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plus the Cheshire side of the Cloud. Buglawton was formerly a

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and

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parish, from 1866 Buglawton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1936 and merged with Congleton,

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and

North Rode North Rode is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 178. History North Rode was o ...

Etymology

The name "Buglawton" means 'Mound farm/settlement', the 'Hob-goblin' to distinguish from

Church Lawton Church Lawton is a village and located in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. Its location is such that its eastern boundary forms part of the county boundary between Cheshire and Staffordshi ...

Notable residents

Buxton House, 23 Buxton Road, Buglawton, CW12 2DW was the residence of

Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme-Elmy (died 12 March 1918) was a life-long campaigner and organiser, significant in the history of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. She wrote essays and some poetry, using the pseudonyms E and Ignota. Early ...

from 1874 to 1918 and a

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was erected there for her by the Congleton Civic Society; it reads, "Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy 1839-1918 Campaigner for social, legal and political equality for women lived here 1874-1918". Benjamin Elmy founded the Male Electors' League for Women's Suffrage in 1897, the first all male society to specifically campaign for women to have the vote. Elmy's son, Frank Elmy was elected to the Urban District Council in 1904 and was employed as assistant overseer and rate collector for Buglawton Urban District Council.Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement by Maureen Wright p211

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- Buglawton Primary School {{authority control Villages in Cheshire Former civil parishes in Cheshire Congleton

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