Little Bollington

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Little Bollington
latitude= 53.376
longitude= -2.409
population = 162
civil_parish= Little Bollington
shire_district= Macclesfield
shire_county = Cheshire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Tatton
post_town= ALTRINCHAM
postcode_district = WA14
postcode_area= WA
dial_code= 0161
os_grid_reference= SJ728867

Little Bollington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Macclefield. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side of the parish from south-west to north, and Dunham Park lies to the north east of the parish, across the county border in Greater Manchester.

According to the 2001 census, the population of the parish is 162. [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792638&c=Little+Bollington&d=16&e=15&g=429138&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Offcial 2001 Census Figures.] Retrieval Date: 14 August, 2007.] The parish is small, and so in place of the usual parish council, the parish administration takes place via a parish meeting. [ [http://www.macclesfield.gov.uk/standardpage.asp?pageid=10538 Macclesfield Parish Officers Details.] Macclesfield Borough Website. Retrieval Date: 14 August, 2007.]

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 cremated remains with a tanged knife, approximately 8cm long; the remains were radio carbon dated to about 1500 BC, the knife was most likely contemporary. [cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bryan.burtonbj/fairy_brow.htm |author=Pat Faulkner |title=Fairy Brow: Partial excavation of a bronze age barrow at Little Bollington |publisher=South Trafford Archaeological Group |date=2005 |accessdate=2007-09-11] 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.Nevell (1997), pp. 27-29.]

Demography

As of 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. 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 Borough of Macclesfield (35.6%) and England (45.5%).cite web |title=Little Bollington civil parish work and qualifications |publisher = Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792638&c=Little+Bollington&d=16&e=15&g=429138&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1190634050787&enc=1&dsFamilyId=783 |accessdate=2007-09-24 ] [cite web |title=Macclesfield borough qualifications |publisher = Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276900&c=Macclesfield&d=13&e=16&g=428795&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1209137838915&enc=1&dsFamilyId=103 |accessdate=2008-04-25 ] According to the census, 0% were unemployed and 24.41% were economically inactive. 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'. [cite web |title=Little Bollington civil parish census data |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792638&c=Little+Bollington&d=16&e=15&g=429138&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1190634050787&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781 |accessdate=2007-09-24 ]

References

Bibliography

*cite book |first=Mike |last=Nevell |date=1997 |title=The Archaeology of Trafford |publisher=Trafford Metropolitan Borough with University of Manchester Archaeological Unit |pages=27-29 |isbn=1-870695-25-9