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Also known as Kettleshulme, Cheshire

Kettleshulme (Old Norse ''Ketil's island or Ketil's watermeadow'') is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is close to the border with Derbyshire, on the B5470 road from Whaley Bridge to Macclesfield in the valley of the Todd Brook, a tributary of the River Goyt. In 2001 the parish had a population of 353.

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Place details

Locality
Kettleshulme
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Kettleshulme
UK place.static_image
Kettleshulme in 2005.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Kettleshulme seen from Reed Hill in 2005
UK place.population
353
UK place.civil_parish
Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley
UK place.unitary_england
Cheshire East
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Cheshire
UK place.region
North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Macclesfield
UK place.post_town
HIGH PEAK
UK place.postcode_district
SK23
UK place.postcode_area
SK
UK place.dial_code
01663
UK place.os_grid_reference
SJ987797

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Cheshire East
Population
352
Shares border with
Hartington Upper Quarter
Image
Kettleshulme in 2005.jpg
Dialing code
01663
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Commons category
Kettleshulme
OS grid reference
SJ987797
postal code
SK23
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Geology and climate
  • Transport and accessibility
  • Economy and tourism
  • History
  • See also
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Kettleshulme (Old Norse ''Ketil's island or Ketil's watermeadow'') is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is close to the border with Derbyshire, on the B5470 road from Whaley Bridge to Macclesfield in the valley of the Todd Brook, a tributary of the River Goyt. In 2001 the parish had a population of 353.

==Geology and climate== The geology around Kettleshulme consists of Carboniferous limestone, shale and gritstone. The original settlement mainly consisted of a mixture of limestone and sandstone buildings, including the old church, built in the 19th century out of limestone quarried near Buxton, seven miles away. The village is above sea level; the nearest weather station in Buxton recorded that the area has a mean annual temperature of 7.8 °C and average annual rainfall of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kettleshulme” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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