Manley, Cheshire
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Manley is a village and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester (formerly
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) and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of
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. Manley had a quarry which claimed to produce white building stone of the same quality as that used to build Eaton Hall and Chester Castle. When the railway came through the quarry was connected to it via a rail siding close to Manley Station - which was one of the shortest lived passenger stations, opening on 22 June 1870 and closing for passengers on 1 May 1875, though it remained open for goods traffic. The quarry sidings closed around 1910, though the track remained in use for freight traffic until 1991. The population at the 2011 census was 614. The television writer and novelist Cyril Abraham, who created the popular
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'', lived in Manley until his death.


See also

* Listed buildings in Manley, Cheshire * Manley Knoll


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Villages in Cheshire Civil parishes in Cheshire {{Cheshire-geo-stub