Barthomley

Barthomley
St Bertoline's Church
Barthomley is located in Cheshire
Barthomley
Barthomley
Location within Cheshire
Population202 (2001 & 2011)
OS grid referenceSJ767523
Civil parish
  • Barthomley
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCREWE
Postcode districtCW2
Dialling code01270
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
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53°04′05″N 2°20′55″W / 53.068147°N 2.348657°W / 53.068147; -2.348657

Barthomley is a village and ancient parish, and is now a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 and the 2011 census' the parish had a population of 202.[1] The village is situated near junction 16 of the M6 motorway and by the border with Staffordshire. It is about three miles south-west of Alsager.

The hamlet of Radway Green, location of a Royal Ordnance Factory, is within the parish, north-east of the village of Barthomley and just outside Alsager. There was a railway station in Radway Green, on the Crewe to Derby Line, as well as a station reserved for the factory at Millway. However, both of these are now closed. Radway Green and Barthomley station closed to goods traffic on 7 June 1964, followed by its closure to passengers on 7 November 1966.[2]

  1. ^ Official 2001 Census Figures. Neighbourhood Statistics website. Retrieval Date: 26 August 2007.
  2. ^ Speake, R. (Ed.) (1995). page 183–189.