Somerford Booths is a small

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in the unitary authority of

Cheshire East Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council. Towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Sandbach, Wilmslow, Handf ...

and the ceremonial county of

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, England. In the census of 2001 it was recorded as having a population of 175. increasing to 181 at the 2011 Census. The civil parish holds a parish council meeting under a grouping scheme with the civil parish of

Hulme Walfield Hulme Walfield is a small village and civil parish, just north of Congleton, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered b ...

, and so it is consequently called ''Hulme Walfield & Somerford Booths Parish Council.'' The parish is small and now consists of scattered farms and small groupings of houses, including the hamlet of

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Somerford Booths Hall Somerford Booths Hall is a grade II* listed country house in the parish of Somerford Booths, Cheshire, England, northwest of Congleton on the bank of the River Dane. History The house was built in 1612 as a moated dwelling for Edmund Swetenh ...

as well as Grove House Farm and Broomfield Farm which are shown as ancient buildings on the

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map of the area.

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