Cheswick Green is a village and
civil parish within the
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the
English county of
West Midlands incorporating the hamlet of Illshaw Heath. The settlement lies approximately south west of
Solihull town centre. The civil parish population as taken at the
2011 census was 2,197. It borders
Dickens Heath and
Monkspath to the north, and
Earlswood and Warings Green to the south. The northernmost part of Warings Green lies in the parish of Cheswick Green.
Illshaw Heath
The hamlet of Illshaw heath, which predates Cheswick Green, was home of the de Yelschawe family from which it takes its name. There is an earthwork indicative of where Sidenhall Manor, home to the de Sidenhall (or Sydenhale) family, once stood.
Cheswick Green
The village of Cheswick Green was a
planned settlement
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...
from the 1970s and is large enough to sustain some shops including a newsagent, a post office, a pharmacy and a hairdresser as well as a pub,
doctor's surgery, village hall and a school.
The village is served by bus service
S2 which runs hourly to Shirley and Solihull.
Governance
It was previously part of the civil parish of
Hockley Heath, but was broken off in 2009 to become its own civil parish. The civil parish of Cheswick Green includes the village of Cheswick Green, the hamlet of Illshaw Heath, a small part of
Warings Green, and the new
Blythe Valley Park Village.
References
External links
Website of Cheswick Green Parish CouncilWebsite of Cheswick Green Residents Association
Villages in the West Midlands (county)
Solihull
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