Cheswick Green

Cheswick Green is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands incorporating the hamlet of Illshaw Heath.[1] It was previously part of the civil parish of Hockley Heath, and lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Solihull town centre. The civil parish population as taken at the 2011 census was 2,197.[2]

Crossroads Service Station, Cheswick Green

The hamlet of Illshaw heath, which predates Cheswick Green, was home of the de Yelschawe family from which it takes its name.[3] There is an earthwork indicative of where Sidenhall Manor, home to the de Sidenhall (or Sydenhale) family, once stood.[4]

The village of Cheswick Green was a planned settlement from the 1970s and is large enough to sustain some shops including a newsagent, a post office, a pharmacy and a hairdresser as well as a pub, doctor's surgery, village hall and a school.

The village is served by bus service S2 which runs hourly to Shirley and Solihull.

The civil parish of Cheswick Green includes the village of Cheswick Green, the hamlet of Illshaw Heath and the Blythe Valley Business Park.

References
  1. Website of Cheswick Green Parish Council Archived 2016-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-01-22
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. "Illshaw Heath :: Survey of English Place-Names".
  4. "Heritage Gateway - Results".


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