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» This article is about the village of Saughall. See also Saughall Massie for the village on the Wirral Peninsula.
Saughall is a
civil parish and village in
Chester District,
Cheshire,
England. It is situated approximately north west of
Chester and close to the
Welsh border.
At the
2001 census, there were 3,084 residents in the village
History
The
Domesday Book of 1086 mentions the village as
Salhale, with a total population of about 85.
The village previously consisted of two separate
townships in the
parish of
Shotwick,
Wirral Hundred.
Great Saughall had a population of 147 in 1801, 493 in 1851 and 703 in 1901.
Little Saughall had a population of 48 in 1801, 69 in 1851 and 137 in 1901. The present civil parish was created in 1948 by uniting both settlements. In 1951, the population of Saughall was 1,518.
Community
The village has two local schools: The Ridings Community Infant School and
The Thomas Wedge Church of England Junior School.
Saughall Windmill is more commonly known as Gibbet Mill and is now a private residence. Situated some distance outside the village, this name is likely derived from some time during the eighteenth century. It was the location of the murder of a farm labourer by two fellow workers after a disagreement over earnings in the vicinity of the mill. After their trial and execution, their bodies were hung in chains, or "gibbeted" from a nearby
ash tree, as a warning to other criminals.
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