Somerford Booths | |
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![]() Water mill, Somerford Booths | |
Location within Cheshire | |
Population | 175 (2001) [1] |
OS grid reference | SJ832651 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CONGLETON |
Postcode district | CW12 |
Dialling code | 01260 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Somerford Booths is a small civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the census of 2001 it was recorded as having a population of 175. [1] increasing to 181 at the 2011 Census. [2] The civil parish holds a parish council meeting under a grouping scheme with the civil parish of Hulme Walfield, and so it is consequently called Hulme Walfield & Somerford Booths Parish Council. [3] The parish is small and now consists of scattered farms and small groupings of houses, including the hamlet of Newsbank. [4] It contains Somerford Booths Hall as well as Grove House Farm and Broomfield Farm which are shown as ancient buildings on the Ordnance Survey map of the area.
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