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Hoole
Location within Cheshire
Population9,359 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SJ425671
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Ceremonial county
Region
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTER
Postcode district CH2
Dialling code 01244
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53°11′49″N2°51′43″W / 53.197°N 2.862°W / 53.197; -2.862

Hoole is a suburb in the east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The area is contiguous with Newton to the north and Vicars Cross to the south. The A41 road marks the suburb's eastern boundary, with the separate Hoole Village approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) away.

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At the 2011 census the population of the electoral ward of Newton and Hoole was 9,359. [1] [2]

History

The settlement was first mentioned in the Register of the Abbey of Saint Werburgh in 1119. [3] The name derives from the Old English word hol and is believed to mean "at the hollow" (or hole), [4] possibly referring to the "hollow way" formed by a Roman roadway. [3]

Hoole was formerly a township in the parish of Plemonstall, [5] in Broxton Hundred which became a civil parish in 1866. The population was recorded at 177 in 1801, 427 in 1851, 5,341 in 1901 and rising to 9,056 by 1951. [6] Hoole was also a separate urban district in Cheshire from 1894 until 1 April 1954 when it was made part of the County Borough of Chester and Chester Rural District. [7] On 1 April 1951 parish was abolished and merged with Chester, Hoole Village and Guilden Sutton. [8] [9]

On 17 July 2009 sixteen flats on Hoole Lane were destroyed following an explosion on the first floor. More than thirty firefighters tackled the resulting fire at the two-storey building in Wharton Court. [10]

Community

The bowling green and lodge at Alexandra Park in 2008 Bowling green Alexandra Park, Hoole - geograph.org.uk - 993028.jpg
The bowling green and lodge at Alexandra Park in 2008

Hoole is a residential area consisting of mainly Victorian terraced houses and 1930s semi-detached houses. Hoole Road is a designated conservation area. Due to the proximity of the area to Chester city centre, Chester railway station and the M53 motorway, the area is home to many hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfast establishments.

The main shopping streets are Faulkner Street and Charles Street, Hoole has a Post Office branch with cash machine facilities. Open spaces in Hoole include Alexandra Park which provides tennis courts, bowling greens and a children's play area and the Coronation Playing Fields. [3] [11] A large area of allotments is accessible from both Canadian Avenue and Hoole Lane.

The annual Hoole Christmas Lights switch-on by a local celebrity attracts crowds of thousands to Faulkner Street. The event celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019.

Places of worship

There are four churches in Hoole: Anglican (All Saints' Church), [12] Baptist, [13] Methodist and United Reformed. These churches work together to host Hoole's largest free annual event 'Funday on a Sunday', which attracted more than 6,000 people in July 2006. [14] This event was held in previous years in Alexandra Park, but in 2006 moved to the nearby, larger, Coronation Playing Fields. The Funday event was held on the Coronation Playing Fields again in 2007 and 2008, by which time it had become part of the Chester-wide Chesterfest organised by churches in Chester.

Transport

The A56 Hoole Road is the main thoroughfare through the suburb. It connects Chester city centre with the A41, the A55 the M53 motorway (at junction 12). The Millennium Greenway footpath and cycle way runs along a former railway trackbed.

Chester railway station is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from Hoole.

Notable residents

RAF pilot and charity founder Leonard Cheshire was born (on 7 September 1917) at 65 Hoole Road, which is now a guest house. [15]

Russ Abbot (born Russell Allan Roberts on 18 September 1947), is the lead singer of the Black Abbots and later become a solo comedian.

Ainsley Harriott lives in Hoole with his girlfriend and son.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hoole Ward (E05008679)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ward profile: Hoole All Saints". Chester City Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Key to English Place-Names: Hoole". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "History of Hoole, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Population statistics Hoole CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Relationships and changes Hoole UD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "West Cheshire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Hoole". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Flats destroyed after huge blast". BBC News. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  11. ↑ "Ward profile: Hoole Groves". Chester City Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  12. ↑ "All Saints Church, Hoole" . Retrieved 1 March 2007.
  13. ↑ "Hoole Baptist Church Home Page" . Retrieved 1 March 2007.
  14. ↑ "Be the Light newsletter (Issue 12, Christmas 2006)" (PDF). The Light Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2007.
  15. ↑ "Ba Ba Guest House Website" . Retrieved 16 July 2010.
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