Rixton-with-Glazebrook is a

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in the

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, England.

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part of

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, it lies to the east of Warrington and borders

Cadishead Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 10,739 in 2014. Within the historic county of Lancashire. History The earliest record of Cadishead date to 1212, and show that the whole of Cad ...

, and is largely farmland. It has a railway station at

Glazebrook Rixton-with-Glazebrook is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies to the east of Warrington and borders Cadishead, and is largely farmland. It has a railway station at Glazebrook an ...

and is served by buses along the A57 road. The parish was originally a

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within Warrington parish before becoming a separate parish in 1866. It was part of the Warrington Poor Law Union and, from 1894,

Warrington Rural District Warrington Rural District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire. It was formed a rural district under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Warrington rural sanitary district, and was ...

, and the District of Warrington from 1974. According to the

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, Rixton-with-Glazebrook parish had a population of 1,960. Glazebrook has a small housing estate, a post office and

Glazebrook railway station Glazebrook railway station serves the villages in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook in the Warrington unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trai ...

. The station, on the Liverpool to Manchester southern route, marks the westernmost boundary of the

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area. The village lies around 4 miles east of Warrington town centre and is bounded by

to the east and

Culcheth Culcheth is a village in the Borough of Warrington, ceremonial county of Cheshire and historic county of Lancashire, England, six miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington town centre; it is the principal settlement in Culcheth and Glazebury c ...

to the north.

Etymology

The name "Rixton" derives from the personal name "Ric" and '' tun'', which is Old English for a homestead or settlement. "Glazebrook" derives from Brittonic ''glas'', which can mean either a river, or else "blue" or "green or blue", and ''

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'', from Old English "brōc", meaning a small stream.

Notable people

* Neil McArthur (born 1956/57), businessman

Notes and references

External links

Rixton-with-Glazebrook website
Warrington Civil parishes in Warrington {{Cheshire-geo-stub

Etymology

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