Capenhurst

Capenhurst
Capenhurst
	Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst
	Capenhurst Location within Cheshire
Population	380 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ366739
Civil parish	Capenhurst;
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester;
Ceremonial county	Cheshire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER
Postcode district	CH1
Dialling code	0151
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	City of Chester;
	List of places UK England Cheshire 53°15′29″N 2°57′00″W / 53.258°N 2.950°W

Capenhurst is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is two miles south west of Ellesmere Port,^[1] at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula.

According to the 2011 Census, Capenhurst had a population of 380.^[2]

History

Capenhurst was known as ‘Capeles’ at the time of the Domesday Book.

Capenhurst was a township in Shotwick Parish of the Wirral Hundred and included parts of the hamlets of Dunkirk and Two Mills. The population was 147 in 1801, 148 in 1851, 159 in 1901, 253 in 1951 and 237 in 2001.^[3]

Detail

Capenhurst is home to a uranium enrichment plant owned by Urenco Group. A new Tails Management Facility is expected to be commissioned in 2018.^[4]

Adjacent, but separate from this is the Capenhurst Technology Park. This contains EA Technology, (previously the Electricity Council Research Centre prior to privatisation of the UK electricity supply industry), and other spin-off companies.

Capenhurst village has its own railway station, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.

The local amateur football team, Capenhurst Villa, play in the Carlsberg West Cheshire League. The local Rugby Union team play in the HALBRO Division 3 West league and now has a thriving junior section. The village also has a cricket club consisting of two Saturday sides that currently play in Div 3 (1st XI) & 5W (2nd XI) of the Cheshire Cricket Alliance. All three sports teams share the Capenhurst Sports Fields and Pavilion.

Capenhurst tower

In 1999 the journalist Duncan Campbell published claims that a 50-metre-high (160 ft) tower on the premises of the uranium enrichment plant had been used to intercept telephone calls transmitted by microwave between the British Telecom towers at Gwaenysgor, Clwyd, and Pale Heights, near Chester. Campbell claimed that the interception was conducted by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), initially from a temporary installation on the roof of the plant until commissioning of the tower in 1990.

The main route for phone calls between Ireland and the United Kingdom was via the submarine fibre optic cable UK-Ireland 1, landed at Holyhead, Anglesey, then transmitted by a microwave link. Campbell claimed that calls were monitored by GCHQ until 1998 when the Irish telecommunication system was changed.^[5]^[6]

The tower was demolished in 2004.

References

^ "Where is Capenhurst?". Get The Data. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Capenhurst Parish (E04011059)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Capenhurst". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Urenco tails plant to start up in 2018". World Nuclear News. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ Campbell, Duncan (16 July 1999). "How Britain Eavesdropped on Dublin". The Independent. UK: The Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (31 May 2000), "Government tapping of phone calls between UK and Ireland challenged", The Guardian, UK, retrieved 3 July 2006

External links

[1] "Where is Capenhurst?". Get The Data. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[2] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Capenhurst Parish (E04011059)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[3] "Capenhurst". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[wnn-20170901-4] "Urenco tails plant to start up in 2018". World Nuclear News. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[5] Campbell, Duncan (16 July 1999). "How Britain Eavesdropped on Dublin". The Independent. UK: The Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[6] Norton-Taylor, Richard (31 May 2000), "Government tapping of phone calls between UK and Ireland challenged", The Guardian, UK, retrieved 3 July 2006

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v t e Cheshire West and Chester
Principal settlements	Chester Ellesmere Port Frodsham Neston Northwich Winsford
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Bridge Agden Aldersey Aldford and Saighton Allostock Alvanley Anderton with Marbury Antrobus Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel Aston Bache Backford Barnton Barrow Barton Beeston Bostock Broxton Burwardsley Byley Capenhurst Carden Chester Castle Chidlow Chorlton Chowley Christleton Churton Clotton Hoofield Clutton Coddington Comberbach Croughton Crowton Cuddington, Eddisbury Cuddington, Malpas Darnhall Davenham Delamere and Oakmere Dodleston Duckington Duddon and Burton Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford Dutton Eaton and Eccleston Elton Farndon Frodsham Golborne David Great Boughton Great Budworth Guilden Sutton Handley Hargrave and Huxley Hartford Harthill Helsby Huntington Ince Kelsall Kingsley Kingsmead Lach Dennis Lea-by-Backford Ledsham Little Budworth Little Leigh Little Stanney Littleton Lostock Gralam Malpas Manley Marston Mickle Trafford and District Mollington Moston Mouldsworth Moulton Neston Nether Peover No Man’s Heath and District Norley Northwich Poulton and Pulford Puddington Rowton Rudheath Rushton Saughall and Shotwick Park Shocklach Oviatt and District Sproston Stanthorne and Wimboldsley Stoak Stretton Sutton Weaver Tarporley Tarvin Tattenhall and District Thornton-le-Moors Threapwood Tilston Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley Upton-by-Chester Utkinton and Cotebrook Waverton Weaverham Wervin Whitegate and Marton Whitley Wigland Willington Wincham Winsford
Civil parishes (former)	Aldford Ashton Hayes Bickley Bradley Bridge Trafford Bruen Stapleford Buerton Burton Caldecott Caughall Chorlton-by-Backford Church Shocklach Churton by Aldford Churton by Farndon Churton Heath Claverton Cotton Abbotts Cotton Edmunds Crewe-by-Farndon Delamere Dunham-on-the-Hill Duddon Eaton Eccleston Edge Edgerley Foulk Stapleford Golborne Bellow Grafton Hampton Hapsford Hatton Hockenhull Hoole Village Horton-by-Malpas Horton-cum-Peel Huxley Iddinshall Kings Marsh Larkton Lea Newbold Lower Kinnerton Macefen Marlston-cum-Lache Mickle Trafford Newton by Malpas Newton-by-Tattenhall Oakmere Oldcastle Overton Picton Poulton Prior's Heys Pulford Saighton Saughall Shocklach Oviatt Shotwick Shotwick Park Stanthorne Stockton Tattenhall Tilstone Fearnall Tiverton Tushingham cum Grindley Utkinton Wimbolds Trafford Wimboldsley Woodbank Wychough
Unparished areas	Chester Ellesmere Port

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Major settlements (cities in italics)	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Holmes Chapel Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Malpas Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire
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Detail

Capenhurst tower

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