Checkley cum Wrinehill is a former

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of Doddington and District, in the unitary authority area of

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and the ceremonial county of

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, England, which lies adjacent to the boundaries with

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and

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. The hamlet of Checkley (at ) lies to the south east of

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. ...

and to the west of

Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population ...

. The parish is largely rural but also includes the small settlements of Bunkers Hill and Randilow.Genuki: Checkley cum Wrinehill
(accessed 16 August 2007)

Wrinehill Wrinehill, also called Checkley cum Wrinehill, is a village in the north-west of Staffordshire on the A531 road lying adjacent to the southern border of Cheshire in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The population taken at the 2011 census ...

was formerly included in the parish, becoming part of Staffordshire in 1965. Nearby villages include Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Madeley and

Woore Woore ( ) is a village and civil parish in the north east of Shropshire, England. The population of the village as recorded in the 2011 census is 633, and for the civil parish is 1,069. The civil parish extends to about 3,950 acres (1,600 hecta ...

. In 2001 the parish had a population of 129.

Governance

Checkley cum Wrinehill is administered by Doddington and District Parish Council, which also includes the parishes of

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Bridgemere Bridgemere is a village (at ) and former civil parish, now in the parish of Doddington and District, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is around south east of Nantwich and west ...

, Doddington, Hunsterson and Lea.Doddington and District Parish Council Official Web Site
(accessed 18 August 2007) From 1974 the civil parish was served by

Crewe and Nantwich Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 ci ...

Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new

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. Checkley cum Wrinehill falls in the parliamentary constituency of

, which has been represented by

Kieran Mullan Kieran John Mullan (born 6 June 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexhill and Battle. He was previously the MP for Crewe and Nantwich between 2019 and 2024. He has been Shadow Minister f ...

since 2019, after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19),

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(2008–17) and

Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from February ...

(1983–2008). Checkley cum Wrinehill was formerly a

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in the parish of

Wybunbury Wybunbury or is a village (at ) and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3¼ miles to the south east of Nantwich and 3¾ miles to th ...

, from 1866 Checkley cum Wrinehill was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished to form "Doddington and District".

Geography and transport

The mixed woodland of Checkley Wood is included in the parish. The A51 and the Crewe–

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...

railway line run immediately to the west and east of the parish, respectively.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the parishes of Checkley cum Wrinehill and Lea had a combined population of 129.Combinin
Cheshire County Council: Local Statistics: Blakenhall - Checkly cum Wrinehill - Lea

Neighbourhood Statistics: Blakenhall CP
(accessed 17 August 2007) At the 2011 Census the civil parish population was measured as less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Blakenhall, Cheshire. The parish formerly had population figures of 240 (1801), 203 (1851), 206 (1901) and 220 (1951).

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