Snelson is a 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

Peover Superior and Snelson Peover ( ) is a rural area in Cheshire, England straddling the boundary of Cheshire West and Cheshire East. It is southwest of Chelford and northwest of Jodrell Bank Observatory, Jodrell Bank. Peover is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Pevre", f ...

, in the

Borough of Cheshire East A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

and

ceremonial county Ceremonial counties, formally known as ''counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies'', are areas of England to which lord-lieutenant, lord-lieutenants are appointed. A lord-lieutenant is the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarch's repres ...

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 ...

in England. In 2001 it had a population of 157, rising marginally to 161 at the 2011 Census.

History

Snelson was formerly a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in the parish of

Rostherne Rostherne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Millington and Rostherne, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (). In 2001 the parish had a population of 160. To t ...

, in 1866 Snelson became a civil parish, on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with

Peover Superior Peover Superior is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Peover Superior and Snelson, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is described by the Office for National Statistics as ...

to form "Peover Superior and Snelson".

References

Former civil parishes in Cheshire Borough of Cheshire East {{Cheshire-geo-stub

History

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