Saltney

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{{Short description|Town in Wales and England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England & Wales
| static_image_name = Saltney High Street.jpg
| static_image_caption = Saltney High Street
| welsh_name =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Alyn and Deeside (Senedd constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]] (Wales only)
| coordinates = {{coord|53.179|-2.922|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Saltney
| population = 5,452
| population_ref = <br>(2020 Estimate)
| unitary_wales = [[Flintshire]]
| lieutenancy_wales = [[Clwyd]]
| post_town = CHESTER
| postcode_district = CH4
| postcode_area = CH
| dial_code = 01244
| os_grid_reference = SJ375645
| label_position = left
| website = [http://www.saltneytowncouncil.gov.uk/ saltneytowncouncil.gov.uk/] (Wales)
| region = North West England
| unitary_england = [[Cheshire West and Chester]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Cheshire]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Chester South and Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Chester South and Eddisbury]] (England) & [[Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]] (Wales)
| hide_services = Yes
| module= [[File:2024 Wales Flintshire Community Saltney map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community covering parts{{wbr}}of Saltney in Flintshire, Wales
}}
'''Saltney''' is a town straddling the counties of [[Flintshire]] and [[Cheshire]] on the [[England–Wales border]]. The local government [[Community (Wales)|community]] of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are [[Unparished area|unparished]]. The town forms part of [[Chester]]'s built-up area<ref name=builtuparea_pop>{{NOMIS2011 |id=K05000008|title=Chester built up area |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> and is around 5 miles from [[Deeside]].

Saltney is located next to the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]]. In the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] the population of the town was 4,769,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=00NJ028|title=Saltney Parish (Community)|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> rising to 5,132 at the time of the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=W04000206|title=Saltney Parish (Community)|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>

==Location==
'''Higher Saltney''', known locally as "Top Saltney" is in [[Chester]], Cheshire. The Welsh sector of the community is known as '''Saltney''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Neighbourhood-Profile-Lache-Park-Summary-Mk-4.pdf|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20081110130707/http://www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Neighbourhood-Profile-Lache-Park-Summary-Mk-4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2008|title=Lache Park (Ward Profile)|publisher=Chester City Council|access-date=30 November 2007}}</ref> and is known as "Saltney" in Welsh as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Standardised Welsh Place names |url=https://www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales/standardised-welsh-place-names |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The [[England–Wales border]] runs down the middle of Boundary Lane, the only urban street in England and Wales where this happens.<ref name="OneShow6Aug09">''[[The One Show]]'', [[BBC TV]], 6 August 2009</ref> Houses on the west side of the street are in the [[Flintshire County Council]] area and in the [[North Wales Police]] jurisdiction, while those on the east side are in the [[Cheshire West and Chester]] unitary authority area and in the [[Cheshire Police]] jurisdiction.<ref name="OneShow6Aug09"/> in terms of policing, this refers to operations jurisdiction not legal jurisdiction. Officers from both forces have full legal jurisdiction throughout England & Wales therefore the border is largely immaterial for practical purposes.
The west side is in the [[Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]] parliamentary constituency and the east is in the [[Chester South and Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Chester South and Eddisbury]] electoral division.

==History==
Saltney's name is derived from the former [[salt marsh]]es by the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]] on which it is built. Once the terminus of [[Sir John Glynne's Canal]], Saltney grew in the late 19th century and through the 20th century to its present population of over 5,000. [[Saltney Ferry railway station]] was open between 1891 and 1962.

{{Lang|cy|Morfa Caer}} is an old Welsh name for the area.<ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=The History of North Wales: Comprising a Topographical Description of the Several Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery. To which is Prefixed, A Review of the History of Britain, from the Roman Period to the Saxon Heptarchy. Interspersed with Notes Biographical and Explanatory |date=1828 |publisher=J. Gleave and sons |pages=220 |language=en}}</ref>

Saltney was a location for shipbuilding and in particular chain-making and the manufacture of [[anchor]]s. The firm Henry Wood & Company was first to establish an engineering works on the west bank of the Dee in 1847, with further industrial development continuing into the 1880s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOjt7Rycb_YC&q=%22henry+wood%22+saltney&pg=PA26 |title=Victorian Chester: Essays in Social History, 1830-1900|pages=26|editor=Roger Swift|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=0-85323-661-5|date=1996|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt1/pp177-185 |title=Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762-1914: The economy, 1841-70, reorientation and boom|work=A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography|editor=C P Lewis, A T Thacker|date=2003|pages=177–185|publisher=British History Online|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>
Henry Wood's legacy is implemented with Wood Memorial CP School being named after him.

==Amenities==
There is a public house called The City Arms in Higher Saltney. Other amenities in Saltney include the Corner Pin public house, a post office, Saltney Business Centre, St David's Retail Park and the [[Asda]] and [[Morrisons]] supermarkets.

Saltney has three primary schools, St Anthony's Catholic Primary, Saltney Ferry C.P. and Wood Memorial. St David's High School is the local secondary school for students from the surrounding areas.

The Anglican parish church is [[St Mark's Church, Saltney|St Mark's]] which is in Higher Saltney. On the High Street can be found St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and Saltney Methodist Church.

There is a community centre in the centre of Saltney which is regularly used by children's groups as well as being surrounded by fields where football tournaments are often held. The Community Centre is also home to [[Saltney Town FC]] who formed in 2010.

== Notable people ==
* [[S. D. Holden|Stephen Dewar Holden]] (1870–1918), engineer, locomotive superintendent of the [[Great Eastern Railway]], 1908-1912.
* [[Charles Sitch]] (1887–1960,) politician and MP for [[Kingswinford (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingswinford]], 1918-1931.
* [[Arthur Pearson (British politician)|Arthur Pearson]] (1897–1980), politician and MP for [[Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontypridd]], 1938-1970
* [[Ted Regan (footballer)|Ted Regan]] (1900–1973), footballer with 188 caps with [[Wrexham A.F.C.]]
* [[Melanie Roberts]] (born 1988), retired [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]].

==See also==
*[[St Matthew's Church, Saltney]]
*[[Sealand, Flintshire]], a nearby area of farmland reclaimed from the Dee estuary.
*[[Chester Corporation Tramways]] former tramway to [[Chester railway station|Chester station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Saltney}}
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6599251 Photos of Saltney and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]

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{{Cheshire}}

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[[Category:Towns in Flintshire]]
[[Category:Towns in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Towns of the Welsh Marches]]
[[Category:England–Wales border]]
[[Category:Areas of Chester]]

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