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Thornton-le-Moors
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Thornton-le-Moors

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Also known as Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire

Thornton-le-Moors is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 264. The village is north-east of the city of Chester. It is situated to the south of the A5117 road. To the north of the village is the Stanlow Refinery. To the west is the nearest town of Ellesmere Port and to the north-east is the village of Elton.

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Place details

Locality
Thornton le Moors
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Thornton-le-Moors
UK place.population
264
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)
UK place.civil_parish
Thornton-le-Moors
UK place.unitary_england
Cheshire West and Chester
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Cheshire
UK place.region
North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Runcorn and Helsby
UK place.post_town
CHESTER
UK place.postcode_district
CH2
UK place.postcode_area
CH
UK place.dial_code
01244
UK place.os_grid_reference
SJ4474
UK place.static_image_name
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Country
United Kingdom
Located in
Cheshire West and Chester
Population
253
Image
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors.jpg
Dialing code
01244
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Commons category
Thornton-le-Moors
postal code
CH2
OS grid reference
SJ4474
P8168
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Governance
  • Administrative history
  • Religious sites
  • Transport
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Thornton-le-Moors is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 264. The village is north-east of the city of Chester. It is situated to the south of the A5117 road. To the north of the village is the Stanlow Refinery. To the west is the nearest town of Ellesmere Port and to the north-east is the village of Elton.

==Governance== thumb|Village Hall There are two tiers of local government covering Thornton-le-Moors, at parish and unitary authority level: Thornton-le-Moors Parish Council, and Cheshire West and Chester Council. The parish council meets at the village hall on Thornton Green Lane.

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

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