Editing Kelsall

{{Short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Kelsall
| country = England
| static_image_name = The Lord Binning, Kelsall (geograph 2664026).jpg
| static_image_caption = The Lord Binning (now The Morris Dancer), a pub in the village centre
| coordinates = {{coord|53.207|-2.712|display=inline,title}}
| population = 2,609
| population_ref = ''(2011)''
| area_total_sq_mi = 
| civil_parish = Kelsall
| unitary_england = [[Cheshire West and Chester]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Cheshire]]
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]]
| post_town = TARPORLEY
| postcode_district = CW6
| postcode_area = CW
| dial_code = 01829
| os_grid_reference = SJ525680
}}

'''Kelsall''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the unitary authority of [[Cheshire West and Chester]] and the ceremonial county of [[Cheshire]], England. It is located around {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} east of [[Chester]], {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} west of [[Northwich]], and {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} north west of [[Tarporley]]. The village is situated on Kelsall Hill, a part of the [[Mid Cheshire Ridge|Mid-Cheshire Ridge]], the broken line of [[sandstone]] hills that divide the west [[Cheshire Plain]] from its eastern counterpart. The ridge includes other hills including [[Peckforton]], [[Beeston, Cheshire|Beeston]], [[Frodsham]], and [[Helsby]].

==Geology==
The western part of the parish (west of the Peckforton Fault) is underlain by the Wilmslow Sandstone Formation. East of the [[fault (geology)|fault]], the bedrock is largely Tarporley [[Siltstone]] with the underlying Helsby Sandstone occurring in some areas.

The lower ground in the west is largely covered by [[Till|glacial till]] whilst higher ground in the east is free of superficial deposits. A small area of glacio-fluvial sands and gravels is mapped in the centre of the parish. A narrow strip of [[alluvium]] is associated with Salter's Brook.

The Peckforton Fault runs into the parish from the SE then turns north. It downthrows to the east. Two parallel unnamed faults, both downthrowing to the west, run NNE–SSW through Kelsall village, their southern ends terminating at the Peckforton Fault. They terminate against a short ENE–WSW aligned fault with a northerly downthrow at the northern end of the parish. The Clotton Fault which downthrows to the east runs NNW–SSE through the western part of the parish. The rocks within the faulted blocks have a gentle to moderate easterly dip.<ref>British Geological Survey 1:50K map sheet 109 '''Chester'''</ref>

==History==
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On Christmas Eve, December 1944, a [[V-1 flying bomb]] exploded near Street Farm to the south of the village. It had been one of several aerial-launched rockets fired at [[Manchester]] by the German ''[[Luftwaffe]]''. This explosion would be the most westerly impact of a V1 bomb during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandstoneridge.org.uk/news/v1-flying-bomb-on-ridge-1944.html|title=V1 Bomb Flying Over the Ridge 1944|website=sandstoneridge.org.uk|date=26 December 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
At the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] the population of Kelsall civil parish was 2,525,<ref name=2001census-parish>{{citation|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792476&c=kelsall&d=16&e=15&g=427575&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1231377043734&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Kelsall (civil parish)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=8 January 2009}}</ref> increasing to 2,609 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125091&c=Kelsall&d=16&e=62&g=6407117&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1432994401472&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref> The total population of the Kelsall local government [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]], which also included the village of [[Ashton Hayes]], was recorded as 3,439.<ref name=2001census-ward>{{citation|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6098793&c=kelsall&d=14&e=15&g=427572&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1231377285245&enc=1 |title=2001 Census: Kelsall (ward)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=8 January 2009}}</ref> This ward had been amalgamated with [[Tarvin]] by the time of the 2011 Census.

==Amenities==
The village contains two churches, primary school, community centre, doctors' surgery, chemist, local store, butchers shop, four public houses, farm shop<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.willingtonfruitfarm.co.uk |title=Willington Fruit Farm Shop|access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref>), and nursing and residential home. The Kelsall and District Rural Amenities Society (KADRAS) was formed in the late 1960s in order to stimulate public interest in the care and development of Kelsall's history, beauty and character.

The village also hosts the annual Chester Folk Festival every May.<ref name="folk">{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterfolk.org.uk/about.html |title=About us...and what we do |publisher=Chester Folk Festival |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref> The £3.82m, two-mile [[A54 road|A54]] bypass opened in October 1986.

==See also==
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*[[Listed buildings in Kelsall]]
*[[St Philip's Church, Kelsall]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.kelsall.org.uk Kelsall website]

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[[Category:Villages in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Cheshire]]