Everything about Kingsley Cheshire totally explained
Kingsley is a
civil parish and a village in in the
Vale Royal district of
Cheshire,
England. It is approximately 5 miles south east of the town of
Frodsham.
The village is home to two primary schools – St John's Church of England Primary School, and Kingsley Community Primary School.
History
Kingsley is first listed in the
Domesday Book of
1086 as "Chingeslie" in the
Roelau Hundred. The village is listed as having been held from Earl
Hugh d'Avranches by a Saxon named Dunning. It has land for two ploughs, and home to five
serfs, one villein, and three bordars. It also mentioned one and a half fisheries, four hays for roe deer, and a hawk's eyrie. The earl brought the woodland of one league long and one league wide into his forest. The forest mentioned was the ancient forest of Mara and Mondrem which was greatly reduced in size subsequently and is now known as
Delamere Forest.
In
1260 the village was listed as "Kingisleg". The name of the village ultimately derives from "king's lea" – the meadow of the king.
The village was for a long time known for its independence, as shown in its early
Quaker meeting house, as well as its siding with the Parliamentarians during the
English Civil War.
Governance
Kingsley was a township in
Frodsham ancient parish. It was made a separate civil parish in 1866, having been made a separate
ecclesiastical parish in 1853. It was originally in
Eddisbury Hundred, and after the reforms of the nineteenth century, became part of Runcorn Rural District. It was also in Runcorn
Poor Law Union and Runcorn
Sanitary District.
Religion
Until the nineteenth century, the local parish church was that of St Lawrence, at Overton in nearby
Frodsham. In
1851 the red
sandstone Anglican church of
St John the Evangelist was consecrated, having been built to a design of
Giles Gilbert Scott, and in
1853 it became the village's parish church.
Transport
The nearest railway station is
Frodsham.
Further Information
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