Higher Whitley is a village and 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 Whitley, in the unitary authority area of

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, in the ceremonial county of

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, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 339. It is north of Lower Whitley.

Governance

Whitley-Superior was formerly a

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in the parish of Great Budsworth, in 1866 Higher Whitley became a civil parish, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Lower Whitley to form "Whitley".

References

Villages in Cheshire Former civil parishes in Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester {{Cheshire-geo-stub