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Rainow
Rainow is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, in the valley of the River Dean and next to the B5470 road between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme. It straddles the eastern side of the Peak District border of Derbyshire and Cheshire,〔(Rainow Village Website )〕 and is surrounded by pasture farmland. The village's name comes from the Old English ''Hraefn Hoe'', meaning Ravens' Hill. It is a former coal-mining village and has a population of around 2,500.〔(Rainow Ward Profile - 2001 Census )〕 To the east of the village is Lamaload Reservoir, the first concrete reservoir constructed in England, between 1958 and 1964. At , it is also the highest constructed dam in England.〔(Revisiting Lamaload, 41 years on. ''Blueprint: the News Magazine of Costain Group'' 26 (Spring 2004) )〕 White Nancy, a circular, white-painted stone structure constructed to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, stands at the northern end of Kerridge Hill, on the boundary between the parishes of Rainow and Bollington. ==School== Rainow Primary School has 175 pupils, covering Reception through to Year 6.
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