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Huntington is a civil parish on the southern outskirts of Chester in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,961, increasing to 2,115 at the 2011 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish polulation 2011 )〕 Huntington (Hunditone) It is known to have existed at the time of William the Conqueror's ''Domesday Book'' in 1086 on land held by St. Werburgh's Church. The population according to the census of the 1801 was 111, becoming 129 in 1851, 121 in 1901 and 2,614 in 1951. ==Community== The main road through the village, Chester Road (B5130), links Chester, which is less than a mile to the north, with the villages of Farndon and Aldford to the south. The A55 (North Wales Expressway) passes through the south of the village, but is not directly accessible at Huntington.〔 The village includes a few shops, a post office, Huntington Primary School and St Luke's Church of England Church. Recreational open spaces include a village green, Jubilee Field and the of wetland, woodland and meadows of Caldy Nature Park. Saighton Camp is an old British Army base that, despite the name, is within Huntington's boundaries. The base is undergoing development for new housing and a primary school. The Chester Driving Standards Agency test centre is located between the main part of Huntington and Saighton Camp. Wales national football team manager Gary Speed, born just over the Welsh border in Mancot, lived at a house in the village at the time of his death in November 2011.〔http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/27/gary-speed-dead-wales-manager-found-hanged-aged-42-115875-23592651/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Huntington, Cheshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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