Rixton-with-Glazebrook is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Formerly within the historic county of Lancashire, it lies to the east of Warrington and is largely farmland. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,960.[1] Its main settlements are the villages of Glazebrook and Hollins Green, and Rixton hamlet.
| Rixton-with-Glazebrook | |
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 Ye Olde Red Lion, Hollins Green | |
  Rixton-with-Glazebrook Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 1,960 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ697925 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WARRINGTON |
| Postcode district | WA3 |
| Dialling code | 01925 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Warrington Villages |
The parish was originally a township within Warrington parish before becoming a separate parish in 1866. It was part of the Warrington Poor Law Union and, from 1894, Warrington Rural District, and the District of Warrington from 1974.
Glazebrook has a small housing estate, a post office and Glazebrook railway station. The station, on the Liverpool to Manchester southern route, marks the westernmost boundary of the Transport for Greater Manchester area. Glazebrook is about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington town centre; just east of the village is Cadishead, in Greater Manchester.
Hollins Green, south of Glazebrook, is on the A57 Warrington–Manchester road. Rixton lies a short distance south-west of Hollins Green.[2]
The Manchester Ship Canal follows a stretch of the River Mersey which runs close to Hollins Green and forms the south-eastern parish boundary. The boundary in the north-east follows the Glaze Brook, which joins the Mersey just upstream of Hollins Green.[3]
Etymology
editThe name "Rixton" derives from the personal name "Ric" and tun, which is Old English for a homestead or settlement. "Glazebrook" derives from Brittonic glas, which can mean either a river, or else "blue" or "green or blue", and brook, from Old English "brōc", meaning a small stream.[4]
Notable people
edit- Neil McArthur (born 1956/57), businessman[5]
See also
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Notes and references
edit- ^ a b "2011 Census: Rixton-with-Glazebrook". Office for National Statistics.
- ^ "Map of Rixton". Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Warrington Villages". warrington.gov.uk.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (4 July 2018). "How philanthropy breathed new life into a forgotten Salford suburb - Helen Pidd". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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