Woodbank, Cheshire

Woodbank
The Yacht Inn on the A540 Parkgate Road at Woodbank
Woodbank Location within Cheshire
Population	109 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ355729
Civil parish	Puddington
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER
Postcode district	CH1
Dialling code	0151, 01244
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	City of Chester

Woodbank is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Puddington, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, about 6 miles northwest of the city of Chester and near the larger village of Saughall. In 2001 the parish had a population of 62.

History

Woodbank was a township in Shotwick parish^[2] of the Wirral Hundred and included part of the nearby hamlet of Two Mills, in 1866 Woodbank became a civil parish,^[3] The population was 48 in 1801, 64 in 1851, 72 in 1901 and 77 in 1951.^[4] The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged into Puddington.^[5]

Community

Woodbank is within the parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester, represented by the Labour MP Samantha Dixon. It is also part of the Puddington and District Parish Council.

It can be accessed via the A550, the A5117 and the A540 (a former toll road). There are two minor roads running through the area - Woodbank Lane and Shotwick Lane.

Woodbank consists of a Hall and a few houses as well as The Yacht Inn, which was built as a pub in about 1720, and is on the corner of Shotwick Lane, which leads to the former port of Shotwick on the River Dee.^[6]

The nearest railway station can be found in Capenhurst, about 1.5 miles away. There is also a bus service which passes through the area hourly, running between West Kirby and Chester.

Gallery

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  Woodbank sign and bus stop, A540
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  The three Woodbank Hall cottages on Shotwick Lane
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  Two Mills Presbyterian Church, Chapel Lane

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
2. "History of Woodbank, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
3. "Relationships and changes Woodbank Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
4. "WOODBANK". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
5. "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
6. The Yacht Inn, pub-explorer.com, retrieved 23 May 2007

External links

Media related to Woodbank at Wikimedia Commons