This article is about the area in Cheshire West. There is an area of Macclesfield and former electoral ward in Cheshire East with the same name. Human settlement in England
| Broken Cross | |
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 The Old Broken Cross pub by the Northwich canal | |
  Broken CrossLocation within Cheshire | |
| • London | 181 mi (291 km) SE |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northwich |
| Postcode district | CW9 |
| Dialling code | 01606 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
| 53°15′10″N 2°28′24″W / 53.252878°N 2.473248°W / 53.252878; -2.473248 | |
Broken Cross is a village in Cheshire West and Chester in Cheshire, England. It is located within the civil parish of Rudheath and is conjoined to it and the Belmont ward of Northwich.
History
Broken Cross takes its name from the Old Broken Cross public house. The village is now mainly a residential area for Rudheath and Northwich.
References
- Baines, Thomas (1869). Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present: A History and a Discription of the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Forming the North-Western Division of England, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (1867). Div. 1. Mackenzie. p. 232. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "Rudheath Parish Council". rudheath-pc.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
The parish boundaries include the village of Rudheath and the area known as Broken Cross.
- "The Broken Cross, Northwich". www.oldbrokencross.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "Broken Cross :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "YESTERYEARS: From salt-smuggling to 'paradise' estate". Northwich Guardian. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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