Scholar Green () is a village in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
of
Odd Rode
Odd Rode is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It borders the Staffordshire parish of Kidsgrove, and includes the settlements of:
* Scholar Green
* Mow Cop
* Mount Pleasant
* ...
, in
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ...
, England. Encompassing the smaller settlements of Kent Green and The Bank, it is situated on the
A34 A34 or A-34 may refer to:
Roads
* A34 autoroute (France), connecting Sedan and Reims
* A34 highway (Sri Lanka), connecting Mankulam and Mullaitivu
* A34 road (England), connecting Winchester, Hampshire to Salford
* A34 road (Isle of Man), connectin ...
near
Mow Cop
Mow Cop is a village split between Cheshire and Staffordshire, and therefore divided between the North West and West Midlands regions of England. It is south of Manchester and north of Stoke-on-Trent, on a steep hill of the same name rising up ...
,
Alsager
Alsager ( ) is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. The town's population was 13,389 at the 2021 census.
''The Mere'' is a ...
,
Rode Heath
Rode Heath is a small village in the civil parish of Odd Rode, near Alsager and within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, Rode Heath had a population of 2,150.20 ...
,
Butt Lane
Butt Lane is a village in North Staffordshire near the town of Kidsgrove in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire. Butt Lane borders on Church Lawton in Cheshire. A ward of the borough is named after the place.
Notable people ...
and
Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, on the Cheshire border. It is part of the Potteries Urban Area, along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a population of 26,276 (2019 census) ...
and in the unitary authority area of
Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council. Towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Sandbach, Wilmslow, Handf ...
.
Scholar Green has a long history, as shown by the number and range of
listed buildings
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in and around the village.
Little Moreton Hall
Little Moreton Hall, also known as Old Moreton Hall, is a moated half-timbered manor house southwest of Congleton in Cheshire, England. The earliest parts of the house were built for the prosperous Cheshire landowner William Moreton in about ...
, a Grade I listed moated
timber-framed
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
house, has stood in the village since the early 16th century. Other listed buildings include the 18th-century
Rode Hall
Rode Hall, a Georgian country house, is the seat of the Wilbraham family, members of the landed gentry in the parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England. The estate, with the original timber-framed manor house, was purchased by the Wilbrahams fr ...
and
All Saints Church
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Albania
* All Saints' Church, Himarë
Australia
* All Saints Church, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
*All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook, Western Aust ...
, built between 1863 and 1864 and designed by
George Gilbert Scott
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. The
Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England. There were various proposals for a canal to connect the town of Macclesfield to the national network from 1765 onwards, but it was not until 1824 that a scheme came to fruition. There ...
runs through Scholar Green, and the
Trent and Mersey Canal
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is nearby.
The population is served by three
public houses
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: "The Rising Sun", "
The Bleeding Wolf" and "The Traveller's Rest". The village is also served by
All Saints Church, Scholar Green
All Saints Church is in the village of Scholar Green in the parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The church is record ...
, by the Bank
Methodist
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Church and by Scholar Green Primary School.
Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station
Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Congleton. It served the village of Mow Cop.
The line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 but the ...
on the line between Manchester and Stafford was situated to the north-east of the village. It opened in 1848 and was closed in 1964.
Notable people
*
George Clawley
George Clawley (10 April 1875 – 16 July 1920) was an English professional goalkeeper who played for Stoke, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was the goalkeeper for the Spurs side th ...
(1875 in Scholar Green – 1920), an English professional goalkeeper who played for
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Sto ...
,
Southampton
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and
Tottenham Hotspur
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. He made 331 professional appearances and was the goalkeeper for the Spurs side that won the
1901 FA Cup Final
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.
References
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Villages in Cheshire