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Poole is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies to the north west of Nantwich and to the west of Crewe. The Shropshire Union Canal runs through the parish. Nearby villages include Acton, Aston juxta Mondrum, Barbridge, Stoke Bank, Rease Heath and Worleston. The civil parish is largely rural with scattered farms and buildings, and a total population of around 90 in 2006. ==History== Poole was a late Saxon village; the name derives from the Saxon ''Pol'', meaning a pool. Two holdings were recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086, with a total population of 9, greater than any of the surrounding manors except Acton. A coppice or small wood was recorded. Before the Norman Conquest, it was held by Wulfeva, described as "a free woman", and afterwards by William Malbank (or Malbedeng), the first Baron of Wich Malbank (Nantwich).〔Latham, pp. 16, 18, 20〕〔(The Domesday Book Online: Cheshire L–Z ) (accessed 5 April 2010)〕〔Husain, p. 26〕 At this time, Poole fell within the Forest of Mondrem, the southern half of Delamere Forest. The two manors of White-Poole and Barrets-Poole each maintained an underforester and also paid ''frithmote'' tax, which might have entitled them to certain forest privileges or exempted them from the forest courts.〔Husain, pp. 56–8〕〔Latham, p. 18〕 By the late medieval period, Poole was divided into three manors, Barrets-Poole (later Barratt-Poole), War-Poole and White-Poole.〔Latham, p. 20〕〔Cheshire Federation of Women's Institutes, pp. 185–6〕 The area of the modern civil parish fell within the ancient parish of Acton in the Nantwich Hundred; it was served by St Mary's Church, Acton until 1873.〔〔Latham, p. 9〕 In 1601, Poole had a watermill at Poole Bridge.〔 An inn, Cocapalle Hill, was recorded at Poole Hill in 1662. Later known as The Cock o' Poole Hill, it was still in existence in 1831, but had closed by 1842.〔Lamberton & Gray, p. 115〕〔Latham, p. 98〕 In the 18th century, Methodists were recorded in Poole, as well as in the adjacent parish of Cholmondeston. John Wesley visited four times between 1751 and 1757. On his second visit in 1752, Wesley wrote: "...we reached Poole ... in the evening and found a congregation gathered from many miles around, several of whom had sat up all night for fear of losing the morning sermon."〔Latham, p. 41〕 A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1834 at a cost of £120, on a piece of land purchased for 5 shillings.〔Latham, p. 70〕 Poole retained its medieval division into three manors into the 19th century. The Elcock or Elcocke family held the manor of White-Poole, which included Poole Farm, from around 1600.〔Latham, p. 22〕 Early in the 19th century, White-Poole passed by marriage into the Massey family of Chester, and William Massey built Poole Hall in 1812–7.〔〔(Binney M. Cheshire fat cat pad. ''Times'' (15 June 2007) ) (accessed 5 April 2010)〕 In 1800, Barratt-Poole was held by the Egertons of Oulton and War-Poole by the Earl of Dysart.〔 During the Second World War, evacuees from Liverpool and elsewhere were housed at Poole Old Hall.〔Latham, p. 56–7〕 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「Poole, Cheshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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