Grappenhall and Thelwall is a

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 ...

within the

Borough of Warrington The Borough of Warrington is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The borough is centred around the town of Warrington, ...

and the ceremonial county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

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. It has a population of 9,377. The civil parish was formed in largely its present state in 1936, when the then

Thelwall Thelwall is a suburban village in the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is close to the Lymm junction of the M6 motorway. History A fortified village was e ...

civil parish was joined in its entirety to the ancient civil parish of

Grappenhall Grappenhall is a village within the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The parish had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census, 9,687 at the 2011 census, and 9,651 at the 2021 census. ...

.Youngs, F.A. (1991), pages 19-20, 37.

Notable people

* Byrom Eaton (1613 in Grappenhall – 1703), an English priest;

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Reg Watson Reginald James Watson (27 August 1926 – 8 October 2019) was an Australian television producer and screenwriter and executive. Watson was executive producer on the British soap opera ''Crossroads (British TV series), Crossroads'' and created ...

(1900 in Thelwall – 1971), footballer who played 269 games, including 263 for

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Tim Curry Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the musical film '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London, 1974 L ...

(born 1946 in Grappenhall), an English actor and singer. *

Isabelle Amyes Isabelle Amyes (born 13 June 1950) is an English actress best known for her role as Barbara Hunt in the British TV drama '' Bad Girls'' from 2000 to 2003. Another prominent role was as Fanny in '' Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980). Her various g ...

(born 1950 in Grappenhall), an English TV actress *

David Strettle David Strettle (born 23 July 1983) is a former English rugby union wing. Early life Strettle grew up in Thelwall, Cheshire, attending Lymm High School and playing for Lymm RFC. Strettle then went on to study at Sheffield Hallam University. ...

(born 1983), a former English rugby union wing, played nearly 300 games and 14 for

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, brought up in Thelwall *

Luke Roskell Luke Roskell (born 4 February 1997) is an English actor. He is known for playing Sean Spencer in the soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2011–2014), and for his role as Pepper Sharrow in the 2017 historical drama '' Jamestown''. Personal life Born i ...

(born 1997), an English actor, brought up in Grappenhall

References

Sources * Youngs, F. A. (1991). ''Guide to the administrative units of England. Volume II: Northern England.'' London: Royal Historical Society. .

External links

The Flickr Grappenhall Photography GroupWDCC, Warrington District Camera Club, which is based in Grappenhall
Warrington Civil parishes in Warrington {{Cheshire-geo-stub

Notable people

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