Little Bollington

Little Bollington is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, on the border with Greater Manchester which here follows the River Bollin. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side and Dunham Park lies to the north east. The village is about 4 km west of Altrincham, and thus of the Manchester conurbation.

Little Bollington

The Swan With Two Nicks public house, Little Bollington
Little Bollington
Location within Cheshire
Population162 [1]
OS grid referenceSJ728867
Civil parish
  • Little Bollington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALTRINCHAM
Postcode districtWA14
Dialling code0161
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

In 2001, the population was 162.[1] In place of a parish council, administration takes place via a parish meeting.[2]

History

At Fairy Brow in Little Bollington, there is evidence of Bronze Age activity. An archaeological dig by South Trafford Archaeological Group was carried out in 1983. The excavation uncovered an oval, Bronze Age burial pit. In the burial were (unurned) cremated remains of an adult male; the remains were radio carbon dated to 3435 (+/-35) bp. A tanged copper alloy knife dated 2000-1500 BC was with the cremated remains.[3] According to the Domesday survey in 1086, the manor of Little Bollington was held by the Saxon thegn Aelfward and later by the Norman Hamon de Mascy. The northern part of Little Bollington was in the medieval parish of Bowdon.[4]

Demography

At the 2001 UK census, Little Bollington had a total population of 162. For every 100 females, there were 100 males. The average household size was 2.22.[1] Of those aged 16–74 in Little Bollington, 48.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of the former Borough of Macclesfield (35.6%) and England (45.5%).[5][6] According to the census, 0% were unemployed and 24.41% were economically inactive.[5] 9.88% of the population were under the age of 16 and 11.73% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Little Bollington was 47.83. 64.81% of residents described their health as 'good'.[7]

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See also

References
  1. Official 2001 Census Figures. Retrieval Date: 14 August 2007.
  2. Macclesfield Parish Officers Details. Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine Macclesfield Borough Website. Retrieval Date: 14 August 2007.
  3. Pat Faulkner (2005). "Fairy Brow: Partial excavation of a bronze age barrow at Little Bollington". South Trafford Archaeological Group. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  4. Nevell (1997), pp. 27-29.
  5. "Little Bollington civil parish work and qualifications". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
  6. "Macclesfield borough qualifications". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
  7. "Little Bollington civil parish census data". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2007.

Bibliography
  • Nevell, Mike (1997). The Archaeology of Trafford. Trafford Metropolitan Borough with University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. pp. 27–29. ISBN 1-870695-25-9.

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