Sutton Weaver 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, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of

Frodsham Frodsham is a market town, civil parish, and electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is s ...

and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of

Runcorn Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. Its population in 2011 was 61,789. The town is in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region, with Liverpool to the northwest across the River Mersey. ...

. According to the

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, it had a population of 495 and a total land area of 3,198 sq metres (m2) (thousands). The village has 206 Households with some of the main industries of the village being Wholesale and Retail Trade, Human Health and Social Work Activities and Manufacturing; These three sectors alone account for 36.5% of Occupational Share.

History

In the 1870s, Sutton Weaver was described as: :"SUTTON, a township in Runcorn parish, Cheshire; at Runcorn-Road r. station, 2 miles NE of Frodsham. It has a post-office under Preston-Brook. Acres, 1,181. Real property, £2,719. Pop., 356. Houses, 63. The manor belongs to the representatives of the late Sir A. J. Aston." – John Marius Wilson (1870–72) The parish was renamed in April 2015 after a review of town and parish councils in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority. At the same time a small amount of land in the west of the parish was given up to Frodsham. The parish should not be confused with a different Cheshire parish called

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, in Cheshire East.

Population

The first recorded census had occurred in 1881 with the population of Sutton Weaver being 337. A census was then carried out every ten years up until 1961. Information and statistics were available on total population, population change, gender and area throughout the time the census were being carried out. However, there were no records for the census in 1941 due to the

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. There is no great change in population from 1881 to 1931, after which time 1951 and 1961 there was a large increase in the population up to a total of 733, almost double the first record in 1881. Some of this may have been from the result of the

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(1946–1964). When the census starts up again in 2001, the population is back down to 457, which was around the same 80 years before. This is mainly due to the boundary changes in the parish.

Transport

Within Sutton Weaver lie a total of 340 vehicles; with 54.4% of its population accounting for 2 Cars or Vans in each household, 12 households do not own a car or van. There is one bus (X30) that runs through the parish Monday to Saturday and a further three others skirting Sutton Weaver. Directly South-West it is enclosed via one of the

London & North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lon ...

lines, heading from North to South, under which the A557 leads through the railway bridge towards Beechwood, It is also directly linked to

Via the A56.

The Sutton Weaver

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is situated on the A56 between the village of Sutton Weaver and the town of

. The present bridge was constructed in 1926 and is a vital transport link across the

River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included ...

. The 90-year-old structure which carries an estimated 20,000 vehicles per day has been granted the go ahead for £4.5m upgrade.

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(CWAC) is expected to pay the £3.5m with

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to foot the remaining £1m. Work is estimated to take 10 months. It will remain open to pedestrians but the road will reduce to a single lane controlled by traffic lights. Although it used to have its own railway station which opened on the 1 April 1869 and was situated on the east side of Station Road near to the railway bridge. The station closed to passengers in 1931 and completely closed in 1942. The nearest train station to Sutton Weaver is

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, which is located 2.1 miles North-East.

Housing

Sutton Weaver's

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Urban/Rural Category has been described as a

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or isolated settlement in inhabited countryside. The typical type of housing for the area is detached and semi-detached, with a few flats. There are a total of 206 households, of which 84 households are owned outright. The average asking price for a property being £329,483 and the average rent for the area standing at £1,950 per calendar month.

Listed buildings

Sutton Weaver only has one Grade I listed building: Sutton Hall is to the south of the village (grid reference SJ544790). The hall dates from the late 15th century or the early 16th century, and it was extended in the late 17th century and in the early 19th century. It is built in brown brick in two storeys with attics. Internally there are two superimposed great halls which are a "feature of unique interest". The associated barn and shippon, which date from the late 17th century, are listed Grade II. Also listed Grade II is a circular feeding trough in the farmyard dating from the 19th century which is made from a single stone and measures almost 2 metres across and 1 metre high. The hall is now a farmhouse, and the barn has been converted for residential use.

Geography

The village is situated 165.3 miles (266 km) from the centre of London, and 12.2 miles (19.6 km) from the county town of Chester. The closest settlement include Brookvale,

Preston Brook Preston Brook is a village and civil parish in the borough of Halton, a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England. It is located to the south-east of Runcorn and south-west of Warrington, adjacent to the M5 ...

and

. Other local villages include Halton,

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and Dutton. Sutton Weaver is 50m (164 feet) above sea level. Sutton Weaver generally has quite a

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climate, due to its proximity to the west coast and the

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. The mean average temperature in the years 1971 to 2000 was 9.8 to 10.1

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, which was above the average of 8.8 to 9.3

for the United Kingdom.

References

{{authority control Villages in Cheshire Civil parishes in Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester