Welcome to my Tarvin pages
 These pages have been designed to be of interest to expatriate villagers, people with the same name as the village and anyone with a wish to know more about this little piece of England.
I am not a native of Cheshire but I have lived in the village nearly forty years and consider myself an honorary local and fairly knowledgable about the place.
Most of the photographs are mine and I have no objection to their being used by others for their own or charitable purposes but they must not be used commercially. The older church pictures are not my copyright and they may not be used for any other purpose.
The village is situated about five miles east of the City of Chester on the A51, the road to Nantwich. In the middle of the village the A54 branches off eastwards to Northwich and Manchester. Both the A51 and the A54 are busy roads but a northerly byepass and a more recent south easterly byepass remove the bulk of the traffic from the village. This is not to say that the village is a sleepy back water; in fact it is a bustling place filled with activity. Nor is it a chocolate box village but it is a very pleasant place to live.
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The Parish of Tarvin has changed over time as one or more of the townships within the parish has grown into a parish in it's own right. The current parish covers Tarvin, Duddon, Clotton, Stapleford, Burton, Hoofield and Oscroft but this site generally covers Tarvin village only.
In the 1960's the village was expanded substantially and there was a major influx of the young families of white collar workers from the major companies in the area such as Ford, Vauxhall, British Aerospace, Shell and Cheshire County Council. The children of these families have now grown up and left the village leaving their ageing parents behind. Nevertheless the village has a reasonable range of ages and the village school is flourishing.
Employment in the village now is mainly in small businesses as the larger employers have left. Within the last thirty years or so the dairy which served west Cheshire has closed, the large turkey farm has been downsized and the large firm of financial advisors has relocated to Northwich .
The people of the village cover the whole social spectrum from a retired bishop to a council highways worker and the mix of native villagers and incomers is such that there is no friction between the various social groups; mainly because the Cheshire people are easy going and welcoming.
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The climate is affected by the proximity of the estuaries of the Dee and Mersey which tend to make the winters milder than would otherwise be the case. It does snow from time to time but not every winter and not for long periods.
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This view of the village, looking almost due west,
was taken from a helicopter by a friend who owns the copyright.
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Classification:
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Well-off older couples and families in large detached and semi-detached houses
This postcode is typical of 3.69% of the UK population.
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Housing Type: |
Properties are mainly detached or semi-detached and are owned outright or mortgaged. The typical property price is average. People will typically have lived here for 11 or more years.
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Residents: |
In this area the most common social group is ABC1. The children living in this area are typically aged between 5 and 19 years and the adults between 30 and 64 years. Households consist of couples and families. The population density at this postcode is approximately 23% of the national average. The people living here are in general qualified to a high level and the typical employment type is classified as professional or white and blue collar. Unemployment stands at 50% of the national average, and the industry sector is defined as consisting of manufacturing, for example brewing, steel, petrol and car manufacture, the service industry, for example tourism, retail, transport/distribution and catering or intellectual services, for example IT, scientific research, education and consulting. The number of directors is 11% higher than the national average. As defined by the Census, the ethnic break-down of this postcode is typically white.
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Financial: |
The level of investors in this area is 86% of the national average and the financial risk associated with this postcode is classified as being roughly 42% of the national average.
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Most people read either a local paper, a paper such as the Sun, the Mirror, the Daily Star, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Guardian or The Times and the level of internet usage is very high. Response to mail order companies is very high. There is a very high level of car ownership and when travelling to work people tend to use private transport. |
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