Grappenhall
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Grappenhall is a village within the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The parish had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census, 9,687 at the 2011 census, and 9,651 at the 2021 census.
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Place details
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 9,377
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Grappenhall
- UK place.map_type
- Cheshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grappenhall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parr Arms and St Wilfrid's Church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ639863
- UK place.population
- 9,651
- UK place.civil_parish
- Grappenhall and Thelwall
- UK place.unitary_england
- Warrington
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Warrington South
- UK place.post_town
- WARRINGTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- WA4
- UK place.postcode_area
- WA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01925
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9651
- Image
- St Wilfrid's, Grappenhall.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01925
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- Grappenhall
- OS grid reference
- SJ639863
- postal code
- WA4
- P8168
- 19th Division
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Grappenhall is a village within the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The parish had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census, 9,687 at the 2011 census, and 9,651 at the 2021 census.
==History== Grappenhall is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings. thumb|upright=1.5|left|Sandstone carving of a 'Cheshire Cat', St Wilfrid's Church St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This may have been Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
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