Arclid
| Arclid | |
|---|---|
 Springbank Farm | |
  Arclid Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 276 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ787621 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sandbach |
| Postcode district | CW11 |
| Dialling code | 01477 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Arclid is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Sandbach and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Congleton. The parish had a population of 199 according to the 2001 census,[2] increasing to 276 at the 2011 census.[3]
History
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The first written attestation of Arclid is in 1188, spelled Erclid, with the modern spelling first attested by 1240.[4] In the 20th century, scholars usually attributed the origin of the name to the Old Norse personal name Arnkell, combined with Old English hild ("hillside").[4] However, the evolution of Arnkell into "Erk-" is problematic and there are no hills in the vicinity of the village, so a Welsh derivation for the name is more probable.[4] Historical linguist Andrew Breeze argues that the name comes from a Brittonic prefix ar-, meaning "land around" and the Old Welsh equivalent of Clud, meaning "pure one".[4] He suggests that Clud, which is cognate with the name of the River Clyde, was the old name of the stream that runs through the village before joining the River Wheelock.[4]
Gildas
[edit]An 11th-century biography of the Romano-British St Gildas states that he was born at a place called Arecluta, which linguist Andrew Breeze argues is Arclid.[4] Gildas was born in the late 5th century, when the area would have been under Welsh control.[4] Gildas may have left the village to study Latin and religion in Chester.[4]
Landmarks
[edit]The village pub, the Legs of Man, is situated on the Newcastle Road. A pub of the same name has stood here since the late 1860s, but the present building dates from 1939 and was designed by J. H. Walters. Originally the pub had a thatched roof, similar to the Bleeding Wolf at Scholar Green, but this caught fire in 1956 and was replaced with tiles. Today it has a mock-Tudor exterior and houses a separate restaurant. There is a large beer garden.[5][6]
Arclid Hall Farmhouse stands on Hemingshaw Lane and is a Grade II listed building. It dates from around 1700, and is of three storeys of red brick.[7] It is the only building in the civil parish to be listed by English Heritage.
The village at one time had an active airfield.[8][9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Home".
- ^ Official 2001 census figures. Accessed 13-June-2007
- ^ "Civil Parishpopulation 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Breeze, Andrew (2008). "Where was Gildas born?". Northern History. XLV (2): 347–349. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Legs of Man". Legs Of Man. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Legs of Man, Arclid". Whatpub.com. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Historic England, "Arclid Hall Farmhouse (Grade II) (1330045)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
- ^ "Ellesmere Port Microlight pilot to blame for Cheshire crash". Cheshire Chronicle. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Arclid - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK". www.abct.org.uk.
External links
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Media related to Arclid at Wikimedia Commons
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