Rixton-with-Glazebrook

"Glazebrook" redirects here. For other uses, see Glazebrook (disambiguation).

Rixton-with-Glazebrook
Bridge 161, Trent and Mersey Canal
Rixton-with-Glazebrook  Rixton-with-Glazebrook shown within Cheshire
Population	1,884 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ697925
Civil parish	Rixton-with-Glazebrook
Unitary authority	Warrington
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WARRINGTON
Postcode district	WA3
Dialling code	01925
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Warrington South
Website	Warrington Villages
List of places UK England Cheshire

Rixton-with-Glazebrook is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It lies to the east of Warrington and borders Irlam, and is largely farmland. It has a railway station at Glazebrook and is served by buses along the A57 road. The parish was originally a township within Warrington parish before becoming a separate parish in 1866. It was part of the Warrington Poor Law Union and, from 1894, Warrington Rural District, and the District of Warrington from 1974.

According to the 2001 Census, Rixton-with-Glazebrook parish had a population of 1,884.

Glazebrook has a small housing estate, a post office and Glazebrook railway station. The station, on the Liverpool to Manchester southern route, marks the westernmost boundary of the Transport for Greater Manchester area.

The village lies around 4 miles east of Warrington town centre and is bounded by Cadishead to the east and Culcheth to the north.

Etymology

The name "Rixton" derives from the personal name "Ric" and tun, which is Old English for a homestead or settlement. "Glazebrook" derives from glas, which can mean either a river, or else "blue" or "green or blue", and brook, from Old English "brōc", meaning a small stream.

See also

• Listed buildings in Rixton-with-Glazebrook

External links

• Rixton-with-Glazebrook website