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{{Short description|Market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|type = [[Market town]] and [[civil parish]]
|official_name=            Sandbach
|coordinates = {{coord|53.146|-2.367|display=inline,title}}
|population = 21,916
|population_ref = (2021 Census)<ref name="bua2011">{{cite web |title=Sandbach |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/cheshire_east/E04011001__sandbach/ |website=City population |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 =  10.7
|civil_parish=  Sandbach
|unitary_england=       [[Cheshire East]]
|lieutenancy_england=   [[Cheshire]]
|region=                   North West England
|constituency_westminster= [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]]
|post_town=                SANDBACH
|postcode_district =       CW11
|postcode_area=            CW
|dial_code=      01270
|os_grid_reference=     SJ755611
|london_distance=  158&nbsp;mi&nbsp;(238&nbsp;km)&nbsp;[[Boxing the compass|SE]]
|static_image_name= Sandbach war memorial (5409).jpg
|static_image_width= 270px
|static_image_caption= Sandbach cobbles with half-timbered pubs, the war memorial and the Saxon crosses
}}
'''Sandbach''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|audio=Sandbach.ogg|ˈ|s|æ|n|d|b|æ|tʃ|}})<ref>{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Thomas |title=Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World |publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company |date=1902 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJY6AQAAIAAJ&q=Sandbach+pronounced+%22sand-batch%22 |page=1977}}</ref> is a market town and civil parish in the [[Cheshire East]] borough of [[Cheshire]], England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach, [[Elworth]], [[Ettiley Heath]] and [[Wheelock, Cheshire|Wheelock]].
==History==
{{main|History of Sandbach}}
Known as Sanbec in 1086, Sondbache (also Sondebache) in 1260, and Sandbitch in the 17th–18th centuries,<ref>{{cite book |first1=Daniel |last1=King |first2=William |last2=Smith |first3=William |last3=Webb |title=The history of Cheshire: containing King's Vale-Royal entire |publisher=John Poole |date=1778 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXtbAAAAQAAJ&dq=sandbitch&pg=PA82 |page=82}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/45/014910 |chapter=Sandbach (Settlement) located in the Parish of Sandbach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110251/http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/45/014910 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |via=The Historical Gazetteer of England's Place-Names|first=John McN. |last=Dodgson |title=The Place-Names of Cheshire'', Part 2 (EPNS 45)'' |publisher=Cambridge |date=1970}}</ref> Sandbach derives its name from the [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''sand bæce'', which can mean "sand stream" or "sand valley".<ref>{{cite book |first1=Margaret |last1=Gelling |first2=W. F. H. |last2=Nicolaisen |first3=Melville |last3=Richards |title=The Names of Towns and Cities in Britain |publisher=Batsford Ltd |isbn=0713452358 |page=168}}</ref> The modern German word ''Bach'', with a similar origin as ''bæce'', means "brook"; thus, the meaning of Sandbach can be understood correctly in German.<ref>[https://dict.leo.org/german-english/Sand Leo – German→English, ''Sand''] and [https://dict.leo.org/german-english/Bach Leo – German→English, ''Bach'']</ref> In Germany, there are two places and several small waterways of that name (see [[:de:Sandbach|German disambiguation page "Sandbach"]]).
Traces of settlement are found in Sandbach from Saxon times, when the town was called Sanbec. Little is known about the town during this period, except that it was subjected to frequent [[Wales|Welsh]] and [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Danish]] raids.<ref name=coldmos_gen_info>{{cite web |url=http://www.coldmoss.co.uk/html/general_info.html |title=General info |access-date=28 August 2008 }}</ref> The town's inhabitants were converted to Christianity in the 7th century by four priests: Cedda, Adda, Betti and Diuma.<ref name=coldmos_gen_info/> The town has an entry in the [[Domesday Book]] from 1086, at which time it was sufficiently large to need a priest and a church.<ref name=coldmos_gen_info/> The entry states:
<blockquote>
Sanbec: Bigot de Loges. 1 hide and 1½ virgates pay tax. Land for 2 ploughs. 1 Frenchman has ½ plough, 3 slaves. 2 villagers have ½ plough. Church. Woodland. Value TRE 4s; now 8s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html |title= The Domesday book online |access-date=27 June 2008}}</ref></blockquote>
By the 13th century, during the reign of [[John, King of England|King John]], much of the land around the township of Sandbach was owned by Richard de Sandbach who was the High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1230.<ref name=coldmos_gen_info/> Richard de Sandbach specifically owned a manor; he claimed an interest in the living of Sandbach. This claim against [[Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester|Earl Randle de Blundeville]] was unsuccessful. His son, John, however, was slightly more successful as he won an 'interest' temporarily against the Abbot of [[Dieulacres Abbey|Dieulacres]], only for it to be lost when it went to the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|King's Bench]].<ref name=sandbach_guide_70>Sandbach Official Guide 1970</ref>
[[File:Sandbach Town Crier.jpg|thumb|right|Sandbach Town Crier at Sandbach Transport Festival]]
The manor in Sandbach passed through numerous families, including the Leghs and Radclyffes. It was eventually bought by [[Ranulph Crewe|Sir Randulph (or Randle) Crewe]], who became the Lord of the Manor.
Sandbach has been a market town since 1579, when it was granted a [[Royal Charter]] by [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] due to the petitioning of Sir John Radclyffe of [[Ordsall Hall|Ordsall]] who, as the largest landowner in Sandbach and the owner of the [[Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach|Sandbach Old Hall]], encouraged the farmers of the area to hold a market in the town on Thursdays.<ref name=sand.govmarket>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/Market.htm |title= Market |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=www.sandbach.gov.uk }}</ref><ref name=sosaghishall>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbacholdhall.org/Index.Html |title=Old Hall History |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=SOHAG- Save the Old Hall Action Group }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The charter also allowed for right to establish a [[Court-leet]] and a Court of Pied-powder.<ref name=sandbach_guide_70/> The original charter is still preserved, and can be found in [[Chester]]. The charter also granted the town the right to hold two annual fairs, which lasted for two days, and were held around [[Easter]] and early September. The Thursday market is still held outdoors on Scotch Common, and in and around the town hall.<ref name=sand.govmarket/>
===17th century to present day===
During the 17th century, the town used to be famous for its ale:
{{quote|The ale brewed at this town was formerly in great repute in London, where, about the middle of the last century, it sold for twelve-pence a bottle, but it seems to be entirely supplanted by the Dorchester beer, and the Yorkshire and Welch ales, insomuch that we do not know of any Sandbach ale being now sold in the metropolis.<ref>{{cite book |title=A description of England and Wales |volume=2 |publisher=Newbery and Carnan |date=1769 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qG9bAAAAQAAJ&dq=sandbach+ale&pg=PA38 |page=38}}</ref>}}
And about 1621 William Webb writes that "Our ale here at Sandbach being no less famous than that [at Derby] of a true nappe".<ref>{{cite book |first1=Daniel |last1=King |first2=William |last2=Smith |first3=William |last3=Webb  |title=The history of Cheshire: containing King's Vale-Royal entire |publisher=John Poole |date=1778 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXtbAAAAQAAJ&q=sandbach&pg=PA217 |page=217}}</ref>
During the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]], a Scottish army swept down into England before being forced to retreat at the [[Battle of Worcester]]. On 3 September 1651, the Sandbach summer fair was being held, and a Scottish army of around 1,000 exhausted cavalry men passed through the town under the command of David Leslie on their way back to Scotland.<ref name=coldmos_gen_info/> The town proved to be a difficult retreat route, however, as the people of Sandbach and the market stallholders attacked the Scottish army. A newspaper of the time said:
<blockquote>
The dispute was very hot for two or three houres, and there were some townsmen hurt and two or three slaine, the Townesman slew about nine or ten and tooke 100 prisoners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/History.htm |title=A Brief History of Sandbach |access-date=27 June 2008 }}</ref>
</blockquote>
This was the only notable event of the Civil War to have happened in Sandbach. As the fair and the fight took place on the [[Common land|common]] of the town, after this event the common gained the name Scotch Common.
In 1836 Sandbach silk mills employed 554 people, including 98 boys and girls under 12 years old.<ref>{{cite book |first=James |last=Wheeler |title=Manchester: its political, social and commercial history |date=1836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xg0HAAAAQAAJ&dq=sandbach+silk&pg=PA229 |publisher=Whittaker and Company |page=229}}</ref>
In 1801 the population was 1,844; by 1851 this had reached 4,659. The town centre is shown on an 1840 map.<ref>[[:File:Sandbach town centre map 1840.png|Sandbach 1840 town centre map]], copy also at Sandbach Library</ref> Sandbach became a civil parish in 1866. The records from 1901 show a population of 5,568. The Sandbach Corn Mill was a three-story brick building built in the late 19th century, on what is now Mill Hill Lane.<ref>{{cite book |first=Owen |last=Ashmore |title=The Industrial Archaeology of North West England |publisher=Manchester University Press |date=1982 |isbn=0-7190-0820-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXa7AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22sandbach+corn+mill%22&pg=PA61 |page=61}}</ref>
In 1933 the [[ERF (truck manufacturer)|ERF]] lorry company was founded.<ref name="erfchronicle">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.chesterchronicle.co.uk/cheshire-memories/2009/12/sandbach-memories-truck-firm-h.html|title=Sandbach Memories: Truck firm history told from inside|date=9 December 2009|newspaper=Crewe Chronicle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223094347/http://blogs.chesterchronicle.co.uk/cheshire-memories/2009/12/sandbach-memories-truck-firm-h.html|archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=15 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1936 parts of the area of [[Bradwall]], all of Elton and Wheelock were added, significantly increasing the size of the parish. The hamlets transferred from Bradwall were Boothlane Head, Brickhouses, Ettiley Heath, Forge Fields, Hindheath, Elworth and Marsh Green. By 1951 the population had reached 9,253.<ref name="ukbmd">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/sandbach.html|title=Sandbach|publisher=ukbmd.org.uk|access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref>
During the [[Second World War]], in Warship Week in December 1941 Sandbach adopted [[HMS Vimiera (1917)|HMS ''Vimiera'']] as its affiliated ship. The ''Vimiera'' was lost on 9 January 1942 when it was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Thames Estuary]] off East Spile Buoy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/TowLaw.html |title=Co. Durham – Tow Law |publisher=Roll of Honour |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> with the loss of 96 hands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1942-01JAN.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, January 1942 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>
==Governance==
Sandbach hosts the administrative headquarters for [[Cheshire East Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=946 |title=Office Centralisation Programme |access-date=26 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111194532/http://congleton.gov.uk/?t=946 |archive-date=11 November 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> For the Cheshire East unitary authority elections the town is divided into two wards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=1538&election_results_08.type=1&election_results_08.submit=View+Results |title=Cheshire East Congleton Area Local Election Results 2008 |access-date=26 June 2008 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
From 1875 until 1894 Sandbach was governed by Sandbach Urban Sanitary District. Between 1894 and 1974 the town was governed by Sandbach Urban District Council. In 1974, it was merged with other urban and rural councils to form [[Congleton Borough Council]], which was later dissolved on 31 March 2009. The new authority Cheshire East took over its responsibilities and those of [[Cheshire County Council]] on 1 April 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/crewe-news/local-crewe-news/2009/04/01/flag-raised-on-cheshire-east-council-96135-23285550/|title=Flag raised on Cheshire East Council|last=Halewood|first=Simon |date=1 April 2009|newspaper=Crewe Chronicle|access-date=7 April 2009}}</ref>
[[Sandbach Town Council]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/ |title=www.sandbach.gov.uk |access-date=26 June 2008}}</ref> has jurisdiction over the parish of Sandbach, not just the town. All meetings are held in the Town Hall.
For the purposes of the town council and borough council elections Sandbach is divided into four wards: Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Sandbach Heath and East, and Town Ward, and town councillors are elected for terms of four years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Members.htm |title=Sandbach Town Council ,Contact Information|access-date=26 June 2008}}</ref><ref name=about>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/About%20STC.htm|title=About |access-date=28 June 2008 |publisher=www.sandbach.gov.uk }}</ref>
A partnership of groups forms the Sandbach Partnership, which is part of the South East Cheshire Enterprise (SECE).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachpartnership.co.uk |title=Home page |publisher=Sandbach Partnership |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
===Constituencies===
The town is in the [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton constituency]] whose MP is [[Sarah Russell (politician)|Sarah Russell]] of the [[Labour (UK)|Labour Party]]. Before the 2024 General Election the MP was [[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]] of the [[Conservative (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congleton General Election 2024 |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/congleton-159 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref>  Before its current constituency, Sandbach has been part of five other constituencies: South Cheshire from 1832 to 1867, Mid Cheshire from 1868 to 1885, Crewe from 1885 to 1948, Knutsford from 1949 to 1954 and Crewe from 1955 to 1974.<ref name= ukbmd/>
==Geography==
The land area of Sandbach has a total coverage of 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi). The distance from [[London]] to Sandbach is {{convert|171|mi|km}}. [[Crewe]] is 6 miles (10&nbsp;km) to the south-west and [[Stoke-on-Trent]] in the neighbouring [[Staffordshire]] is {{convert|15|mi|km}}.
==Landmarks==
The [[Sandbach Crosses]] are an important historical feature on the cobbled market square: the two Saxon crosses, reportedly built in the 7th, 8th or 9th century, constitute a [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]].<ref name="Bury Castle on Pastscape">{{PastScape|mnumber=74749 |mname=Sandbach Crosses|access-date=26 August 2008}}</ref> A plaque near the crosses reads:
{{blockquote|Saxon crosses completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in this [[Mercia|Kingdom of Mercia]] about AD 653 in the reign of the Saxon king [[Penda of Mercia|Penda]]. They were restored in 1816 by Sir John Egerton after destruction by iconoclasts.}}
Sandbach is also home to  many [[listed building]]s, including [[Sandbach School]], [[St Mary's Church, Sandbach|St Mary's Church]] and the [[Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach|Old Hall Hotel]]. Many of the local public houses, which were formerly stage coach stops, are listed, for example the Lower Chequer. Many of the buildings of the town were designed by the renowned architect [[Sir George Gilbert Scott]]; he designed [[Sandbach Literary Institute]], Sandbach School, [[St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandbach Heath|St John's, Sandbach Heath]] and the Almshouses. He also restored St Mary's Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/Buildings.htm |title=Buildings |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=www.sandbach.gov.uk }}</ref> The town has [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] and [[Catholicism|Catholic]] churches.
[[Natural England]] has designated [[Sandbach Flashes]], a group of 14 separate waterbodies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secos.org.uk/page24.html |title=Sandbach Flashes |publisher=South East Cheshire Ornithological Society |access-date=17 May 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  as a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI), described as:
{{blockquote|[A] site of physiographical and biological importance. It consists of a series of pools formed as a result of subsidence due to the solution of underlying salt deposits{{nbsp}}[...] that show considerable variation in their plant and animal communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003540.pdf |publisher=Natural England |title=Sandbach Flashes |date=1987 |access-date=17 May 2017 |type=SSSI citation }}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
At least 225 species of bird have been recorded on the Flashes.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Andrew |last1=Goodwin |first2=Colin |last2=Lythgoe |title=The Birds of Sandbach Flashes 1935–1999 |date=September 2000 |url=http://www.secos.org.uk/Birds%20of%20Sandbach%20Flashes.pdf |access-date=17 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429052204/http://www.secos.org.uk/Birds%20of%20Sandbach%20Flashes.pdf |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Economy==
[[File:1130352 Sandbach Town Hall.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Sandbach Town Hall]]]]
Sandbach has been a market town since 1579 when it was granted a [[Royal Charter]] by [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].<ref name="sand.govmarket"/><ref name="sosaghishall"/> Today the Thursday market is still held outdoors on Scotch Common, and in and around [[Sandbach Town Hall]].<ref name=sand.govmarket/>
Sandbach is probably best known as the original home of both [[Edwin Foden Sons & Co|Foden]] and [[ERF (truck manufacturer)|ERF]] lorries, both companies founded by members of the Foden family. Neither company now exists in Sandbach, having been taken over and production moved elsewhere. As of 2007 there is no trace of Fodens within Sandbach, with the former mansion home of the Foden family at Westfields being demolished to make way for a new council building. However, [[Foden's Band|Foden's Brass Band]], originally created for employees, is still based in Sandbach.
There is also a farmers' market which takes place on the second Saturday of each calendar month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sandbach.gov.uk/farmers-market/ |title=Farmers Market |publisher=Sandbach Town Council |access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>
Sandbach lies close to the conurbations of [[Greater Manchester]], [[Merseyside]] and [[The Potteries]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitcheshire.com/site/places/towns-and-villages/sandbach-p33801 |title=Sandbach |publisher=Visit Cheshire |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
==Transport==
===Rail===
The town is served by [[Sandbach railway station]], on the [[Crewe to Manchester Line]], which is located to the west of the town in [[Elworth]]. Services are operated by [[Northern Trains]] between [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]], [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] and [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]]. Trains operate generally twice an hour in both directions; northbound services alternate between trains to Manchester (via Stockport) and to Liverpool (via Styal and Manchester).
There is a branch line north of the station leading to [[Northwich railway station|Northwich]], which is mainly used by goods traffic and express passenger trains heading to [[Chester railway station|Chester]]. Some organisations have been campaigning to restore a local passenger service between Northwich and Crewe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mcrua.org.uk/ |title=Mid Cheshire Rail Users Association |access-date=26 August 2008 |quote=MCRUA is also strongly supportive of the proposal to reopen the Crewe-Sandbach-Northwich railway and Middlewich station to passenger trains. }}</ref>
===Road===
Pressure of road traffic going from [[Greater Manchester]] to [[Crewe]] has forced the building of a [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] for Sandbach, [[Wheelock (Cheshire)|Wheelock]], [[Wheelock Heath]], Winterley and Haslington for the [[A534 road|A534]]. This is largely due to the [[M6 motorway]] which has a junction (J17) at Sandbach, which is close to the [[RoadChef]] [[Sandbach services|service station]].
===Buses===
Local bus services are provided by [[Arriva North West]] and [[D&G Bus]] (Monday to Saturday only).
==Public services==
In Sandbach water services are provided by [[United Utilities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=4191&ID=1402 |title= Investment in the Congleton Area |access-date=25 June 2008 }}</ref> Healthcare is provided at Ashfields Primary Care Centre. The primary care centre is overseen by Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust. The nearest local hospital is [[Leighton Hospital]] in Crewe. Sandbach is served by the [[North West Ambulance Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwas.nhs.uk/internet/ |title=NWAS Home |access-date=28 June 2008 |publisher=www.nwas.nhs.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701200544/http://www.nwas.nhs.uk/internet/ |archive-date=1 July 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Policing is provided by [[Cheshire Constabulary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheshire.police.uk/cats_postcode.php?textfield=cw11+4bn&Submit=Submit|title=Your Local Community Action Team|access-date=25 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518200339/http://www.cheshire.police.uk/cats_postcode.php?textfield=cw11+4bn&Submit=Submit|archive-date=18 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service]] runs the fire station in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/aboutus.asp?menuid=29 |title=Sandbach Fire Station |access-date=25 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621040823/http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/aboutus.asp?menuid=29 |archive-date=21 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Education==
===Primary schools===
[[File:School House of Sandbach School (3).JPG|thumb|250px|right| School House at Sandbach School]]
The following primary schools are in Sandbach Town and Civil Parish.
*[[Sandbach Community Primary School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandbach-pri.cheshire.sch.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Sandbach Primary Academy |access-date=1 September 2008}}</ref>
*[[Offley Primary School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offley.cheshire.sch.uk/ |publisher=Offley Primary Academy|title=Home page |access-date=14 November 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022172602/http://www.offleyjunior.school.cheshire.org.uk/|archive-date=22 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Sandbach Heath St John's CE Primary School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnssandbachheath.cheshire.sch.uk/|title=Home page |publisher=St John's C E Primary School |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=873 |title=Schools in the Borough |access-date=28 June 2008 |publisher=Congleton Borough Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118002749/http://congleton.gov.uk/?t=873 |archive-date=18 November 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*Wheelock Primary School
*Elworth Church of England Primary School
*Elworth Hall Primary School
===Secondary schools===
[[Sandbach School]] was founded as a parish [[charity school]] for boys in 1677.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=174543&ResourceID=814926|title=History|access-date=27 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The school became a [[grammar school]] for boys after 1955. In 1979 the school became an independent comprehensive boys school, with charitable status, funded by Cheshire Local Education Authority but controlled by a board of governors.<ref name=introduction>{{cite web |url=http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=174543&ResourceID=814922 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913070009/http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=174543&ResourceID=814922 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Introduction |access-date=27 June 2008 }}</ref> In September 2011, Sandbach School became a [[Free school (England)|free school]], one of the first free schools to be established in England. The school also contains a sixth form which is open to both boys and girls.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13810941 | publisher=BBC News | title=The free schools set to open in 2011 | date=1 September 2011}}</ref>
Within Sandbach there is also a girls comprehensive school, [[Sandbach High School & Sixth Form College|Sandbach High]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandhigh.cheshire.sch.uk/ |title=Sandbach High Homepage |access-date=27 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218021945/http://www.sandhigh.cheshire.sch.uk/ |archive-date=18 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It was originally the town's mixed [[secondary modern]] when [[Sandbach School]] served as the boys' grammar school, but has been a single-sex comprehensive since 1979. It now has a college attached to it, which accepts boys as well as girls and offers a more vocational side of education along with A levels.
===Cadets===
1873 (Sandbach) Squadron is the local squadron of the [[Air Training Corps]]. Founded in 1952, it is part of Staffordshire Wing and the West Midlands Reserve Forces.<ref>1873 (Sandbach) Sqn, history</ref> Cadets here parade twice a week; Wednesdays and Fridays from 19:15 to 21:30. The squadron usually parades about 20–30 cadets per parade night.
24 Sandbach Detachment, Cheshire [[Army Cadet Force]] is based in the Army Cadet Centre behind the police station.
Sandbach Fire Station Cadets consists of around 20 young people and meet every Tuesday evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?mid=94 |title=Sandbach Fire Station Cadets  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902182743/http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?mid=94 |archive-date=2 September 2012 |publisher=Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service}}</ref>
The [[Combined Cadet Force]] (CCF) is based at Sandbach School.
==Culture==
Sandbach has an annual transport festival which usually takes place during April. It originally started in 1992 as ‘Transport Through the Ages Parade', and was such a success that it became an annual event; since its inception it has been run alongside the National Town Criers' competition.<ref name=sand.govtransport>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/Transport.htm  |title=Transport|access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=www.sandbach.gov.uk }}</ref> The Festival is run by an organising committee made up of local councils and volunteers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachtransportfestival.co.uk/index.html |title=Home page |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517100747/http://www.sandbachtransportfestival.co.uk/index.html |archive-date=17 May 2008 }}</ref>
[[Foden's Band|Foden's Brass Band]] is still based in the town, despite the truck manufacturer from which it derives its name no longer having a presence. In 2008 Foden's became British Open Brass Band Champions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fodensband.co.uk/shop/news.php?article=33&osCsid=030f557e255871a9da94044fbb09e4c7|title=Fodens take British Open Crown|date=15 September 2008|publisher=Foden's Band |access-date=29 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721221302/http://www.fodensband.co.uk/shop/news.php?article=33&osCsid=030f557e255871a9da94044fbb09e4c7|archive-date=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[Lions Youth Brass Band]] and Roberts Bakery Band are also based in the town.
Sandbach Choral Society, formerly Sandbach Voices,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.open-concerts.co.uk/choral-societies/1994-sandbach-choral-society/view-details.html |title=Sandbach Choral Society |publisher=Open Concerts and Recitals |access-date=14 November 2023 |quote=Sandbach Choral Society, formerly Sandbach Voices, is a friendly, enthusiastic choir with a mission to bring choral music alive to the local community.}}</ref> is a local choir that was founded in 1947 and is a registered charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandbachchoral.co.uk/about |title=About Us |publisher=Sandbach Choral Society |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> The choir's mission is to bring choral music into the community, and it regularly stages concerts, often in Sandbach Town Hall or at [[St Mary's Church, Sandbach|St Mary's Church]].
[[Sandbach Concert Series]]<ref>[http://www.sandbach-concert-series.co.uk/ Sandbach Concert Series website], retrieved 24 October 2011</ref> features classical, jazz and brass music.<ref>"Popular Sandbach Concert Series to return", Crewe Chronicle, 19 October 2011, Updated 6 August 2013</ref><ref>"Sandbach Concert Series is a Winner", ''Local Life'' magazine, 2011 ([http://www.sandbach-concert-series.co.uk/cheshire-life-and-local-life-magazines.htm ref] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924093950/http://www.sandbach-concert-series.co.uk/cheshire-life-and-local-life-magazines.htm |date=24 September 2015 }})</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Sounds of Sandbach |magazine=Cheshire Life |date=August 2011 |url=http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?pnum=161&eid=6703c528-3315-4e47-a08f-110f2cefe087 |page=161}}</ref>
At the end of November every year the Christmas lights are turned on by the chairman of the town council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/Lights.htm |title= Lights |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=www.sandbach.gov.uk }}</ref>
===Media===
Local newspapers distributed in Sandbach include<ref name=sand.govNewspaper>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/Newspapers.htm |title=Local Newspapers |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=www.sandbach.gov.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604081638/http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/Guide/Newspapers.htm |archive-date=4 June 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''The Chronicle'' (Sandbach & Middlewich edition), published on Wednesdays (and now incorporated into the ''[[Crewe Chronicle]]'');  the Chronicle Series paper ''Sandbach Chronicle'', published on Thursdays; ''Crewe Guardian'' on Thursdays; the ''South Cheshire Advertiser'';<ref name=sand.govNewspaper/> and the daily ''Sentinel'' (Cheshire edition). ''The Saxon'' is a free 8-page bimonthly delivered to 7,000 homes,<ref>''[http://www.thesaxon.org/about-us/ The Saxon]'', website, retrieved 8 October 2015</ref> and the ''Sandbach & District Talking Newspaper'' is a weekly local talking newspaper aimed at assisting the visually impaired,<ref>''[http://talkingnews.org.uk/knowus.html Sandbach and District Talking Newspaper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065808/http://talkingnews.org.uk/knowus.html |date=4 March 2016 }}'', website, retrieved 8 October 2015</ref><ref>"[http://www.highsheriffofcheshire.co.uk/visit-talking-newspaper-wheelock-monday-8th-december-2014/ Visit to the Talking Newspaper, Wheelock – Monday, 8th December 2014]", The High Sheriff of Cheshire, retrieved 8 October 2015</ref> with over 1000 issues since the first in December 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/newspaper-blind-records-1000th-issue-5260960 |title=Newspaper for blind records 1,000th issue |newspaper=Chester Chronicle |date=19 July 2006 |access-date=14 November 2023 |via=CheshireLive}}</ref>
Local TV coverage is provided by [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]]. Television signals are received from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date= 2 November 2023}}</ref>
South Cheshire is served by [[BBC Radio Stoke]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/radiostoke/ |title= BBC Stoke and Staffs |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher= BBC }}</ref> It is also in the broadcast area of Cheshire FM, [[Macclesfield]] based [[Silk 106.9|Cheshire's Silk Radio]] and [[Stoke-on-Trent]]-based [[Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]] and [[Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]].
==Sport==
The local football clubs are [[Sandbach United F.C.|Sandbach United]],<ref>[http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk Sandbach United Football Club], official website, retrieved 23 October 2011</ref> an "FA Charter Standard Club" which has over 40 teams and 600 players aged from 5 through to veteran. The club was founded in 2004 when Sandbach Albion and Sandbach Ramblers merged.<ref>"[http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/Club/History.aspx Sandbach United History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404160929/http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/Club/History.aspx |date=4 April 2012 }}" at Sandbach United Football Club website, retrieved 23 October 2011</ref> In 2009 it completed work with the [[Congleton Borough Council|borough council]] in developing its new sports facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=193 |title=Council Pledge Financial Backing to the Facilities Project |access-date=25 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430115316/http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=193 |archive-date=30 April 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>  The first team turned semi-professional and were promoted to the North West Counties League within the English non-league football pyramid at step 6 in 2016, reaching the league cup final and a play-off position in their first season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/Club/InformationforGroundhoppers.aspx |title=Information for GroundHoppers |publisher=Sandbach United F.C. |access-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620050201/http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/Club/InformationforGroundhoppers.aspx |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/TeamsandFixtures/Mens1stTeam.aspx |title=Mens 1st Team |publisher=Sandbach United F.C. |access-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610054133/http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/TeamsandFixtures/Mens1stTeam.aspx |archive-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Sandbach Town an "FA charter standard club" who play in The Cheshire league and Sandbach curshaws who play in the Crewe & District Football League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/ff/DivisionDetails?divisionid=119176478&leagueid=662970&seasonid=835591491 |title=Crewe & District Football League Premier Division 2017–18 |publisher=The Football Association |access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref>
The local rugby union club is [[Sandbach RUFC]].<ref>[http://www.sandbachrufc.co.uk/ Sandbach RUFC], official website, retrieved 13 November 2011</ref> The club is the largest sports club in the area. Sandbach 1st XV play in the RFU National 3 Midlands; many levels higher than other local rivals. Currently at Level 5, they are one of the few truly amateur clubs in the RFU National League structure.  Many old boys have gone on to play Premiership and International Rugby. Sandbach Rugby Club offers playing opportunities for both sexes of all ages. Every Tuesday evening at 7.00pm the club offers Social Touch (a non-contact game) to all adults. Touch rugby is open to the public and is free of charge.
The local cricket club is Sandbach Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandbach.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520171421/http://sandbach.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2004|title=Sandbach Cricket Club|access-date=25 June 2008}}</ref>  In 2008 the First XI won the Cheshire Cricket Alliance League – Division 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cheshireca.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp|title=Cheshire Cricket Alliance League|access-date=19 January 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708103134/http://cheshireca.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> on the last day of the season to gain promotion to the Meller Braggins League – Division 3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mbccl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |title=Meller Braggins Cricket League |access-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710022221/http://mbccl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |archive-date=10 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>  Another local side is Elworth Cricket Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elworth.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030807125834/http://elworth.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 August 2003 |title=Elworth Cricket Club |access-date=19 January 2009 }}</ref> which plays in the North Staffs & South Cheshire Cricket League – Championship Division 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nssc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp|title=North Staffs & South Cheshire Cricket League|access-date=19 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820085948/http://www.nssc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp|archive-date=20 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Club operates 5 senior teams, a midweek team and 9 junior teams at U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 levels. Sandbach Squash Club enters two teams in the North West Counties League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachsquashclub.org.uk/index.html |title= Welcome |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=www.sandbachsquashclub.org.uk }}</ref>
There are two golf clubs in Sandbach. Sandbach Golf Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbachgolfclub.co.uk/pages.php/index.html |title=Sandbach Golf Club |access-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602021649/http://www.sandbachgolfclub.co.uk/pages.php/index.html |archive-date=2 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is located on Middlewich Road, approximately ½ a mile west of the town centre. It was founded in 1895 and is a challenging 9-hole parkland course (with 16 tees) welcoming both members and visitors during the week and at weekends. Malkins Bank Golf Course is an 18-hole course formerly operated by Cheshire East Council. Sandbach also has a thriving darts league – with both men's and ladies' leagues playing in most of the many pubs in the area.
Sandbach Leisure Centre is on Middlewich Road and is run by Cheshire East Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=220 |title=Sandbach Leisure Centre |access-date=25 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518002405/http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=220 |archive-date=18 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Sandbach School]] offers community sports facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=174543&ResourceID=884306 |title=community sports |access-date=25 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920120834/http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=174543&ResourceID=884306 |archive-date=20 September 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Notable people==
[[File:Charles-latham-mrcs-1816-1907.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Public memorial statue to [[Charles Latham (physician)|Charles Latham]] (1816–1907) physician]]
*[[John M. Allegro]] (1923–1988), English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, lived and died in Sandbach<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jan |last1=Irvin |first2=Andrew |last2=Rutajit |title=[[Astrotheology]] and Shamanism|publisher=Gnostic Media Research & Publishing|year=2009|isbn=978-1439222423|page=196}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Sidnie White |last=Crawford|year=2006|title=Review of Judith Anne Brown, ''John Marco Allegro: The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls''|journal=Catholic Biblical Quarterly|volume=68|issue=4|page=726}}</ref>
* [[Sir John Barlow, 1st Baronet]] (1857–1932), Liberal Party politician.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28040 |date=16 July 1907 |page=4858}}</ref>
* [[Alfred Barratt]] (1844–1881), philosophical writer, went to school in Sandbach{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Blaster Bates|Derek Macintosh "Blaster" Bates]]  (1923–2006), demolition expert<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blasterbates.info/20010124CC.html|title=The Crewe Chronicle 24th January 2001|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118194802/http://www.blasterbates.info/20010124CC.html|archive-date=18 November 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Bob |last=Butchers |title=Silks, Soaks and Certainties |publisher=Blenheim Press Limited |date=2008 |isbn=978-1-906302-04-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOdvAUi4Q8sC&pg=PA132 |page=132}}</ref>
* [[Karl Beattie]] (born 1963), English television director, producer and cameraman, lives near Sandbach<ref name=Beattie_Fielding>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandbach.org.uk/ |title=Sandbach Directory |access-date=28 June 2008 |publisher=sandbach.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512073619/http://www.sandbach.org.uk/ |archive-date=12 May 2008 }}</ref>
* [[John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton]] (1659–1718), English baron in the Peerage of Ireland, lived at Brereton Hall{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Denise Coates]] (born 1967), English billionaire businesswoman, founder and joint chief executive of Bet365, lives in Betchton<ref>{{cite web|title=Denise Coates CBE|url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/events/graduation/2012/honoraries/denise_coates/index.jsp|website=Staffordshire University|access-date=10 February 2018|archive-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429043003/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/events/graduation/2012/honoraries/denise_coates/index.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/12/bet365-chief-denise-coates-paid-217m-last-year |title=Bet365 chief Denise Coates paid herself £217 million last year| last=Neate |first=Rupert |date=12 November 2017 |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 February 2018 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[David Eastwood]] (b. 1959), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, educated at Sandbach School<ref>{{cite book|chapter=EASTWOOD, Prof. David Stephen|title=Who's Who 2012|publisher=A & C Black|year=2012}}</ref>
* [[Yvette Fielding]] (b. 1968), TV presenter, lives near Sandbach<ref name=Beattie_Fielding />
* [[Edwin Foden Sons & Co|Edwin Foden]] (1841–1911), vehicle manufacturer{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Gibbons brothers|Neil and Rob Gibbons]] (b. 1976 or 77), screenwriters<ref>{{cite news |access-date=14 July 2017 |date=15 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714090942/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/mid-morning-matters-with-alan-partridge-norfolks-evergreen-dj-returns-in-a-new-series-a6875586.html |title=Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge: Norfolk's evergreen DJ returns in a new series |archive-date=14 July 2017  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/mid-morning-matters-with-alan-partridge-norfolks-evergreen-dj-returns-in-a-new-series-a6875586.html |first=Alice |last=Jones |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the men who made Alan Partridge funnier than ever |first=Jack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714093259/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-25/meet-the-men-who-made-alan-partridge-funnier-than-ever |date=25 June 2012 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-25/meet-the-men-who-made-alan-partridge-funnier-than-ever |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=14 July 2017 |url-status=live  |last=Seale}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Henshall]] (1764/65–1807), [[philologist]], baptised in Sandbach<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard W. |last=Clement |chapter=Henshall, Samuel (1764/5–1807) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12986 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* Reverend [[William James (bishop)|William James]] (1542 in Sandbach – 1617), English academic and bishop{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Latham of Bradwell#Charles Latham (1816–1907)|Charles Latham]] (1816–1907), physician, recognised by public memorial statue<ref>Charles Latham public memorial statue in town, [[:File:Charles-latham-mrcs-1816-1907.jpg|Image]]</ref>
* [[George William Latham]] (1827–1886), English landowner and barrister{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Latham of Bradwell#John Latham (1761–1843)|John Latham]] (1761–1843), physician, bought an estate in Sandbach<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{cite book |first=Norman |last=Moore |chapter=Latham, John (1761–1843)' |others=revised by Anita McConnell |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16091 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Latham of Bradwell#John Latham (1787–1853)|John Latham]] (1787–1853), magistrate and poet, buried at Sandbach<ref name="oxforddnb.com"/>
* [[Peter Mere Latham]] (1789–1875), physician, son of John Latham (1761–1843), educated at Sandbach School<ref>{{cite book |first=Peter R. |last=Fleming |chapter=Latham, Peter Mere (1789–1875) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16093 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* Sir Charles Lidbury (1880–1978), president [[Institute of Bankers]] (1939–46), worked in Sandbach<ref>{{cite book |first=Margaret |last=Ackrill |chapter=Lidbury, Sir Charles (1880–1978) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47666 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Foden's Band#Fred and Harry Mortimer years|Fred Mortimer]] (1880–1953), brass band conductor, [[Foden's Band|Foden's Brass Band]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Roy |last=Newsome |title=The modern brass band: from the 1930s to the new millennium |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |date=2006 |isbn=0-7546-0717-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O6-iHNQwga8C&pg=PA28 |page=28}}</ref>
* [[Harry Mortimer]] (1902–1992), brass band conductor, [[Foden's Band|Foden Brass Band]] musician, Professor of trumpet at [[RNCM]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Trevor |last=Herbert |chapter=Mortimer, Harry (1902–1992) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48780 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Henry Newcome]] (1627–1695), clergyman, ordained as Presbyterian minister in Sandbach<ref>{{cite book |first=Catherine |last=Nunn |chapter=Newcome, Henry (bap. 1627, d. 1695) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19989 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Wally Oakes]] (1932–1965), BR train driver who died from fatal burns after staying in his cab to stop his damaged train, lived at Wheelock Heath<ref>{{cite web |title=HEROIC ENGINE DRIVER’S GEORGE CROSS SAVED FOR THE NATION |url=https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/about-us/press-office/heroic-engine-drivers-george-cross-saved-nation-0 |website=National Railway Museum |publisher=National Railway Museum |access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Palmer (VC)|Anthony Palmer]] (1819 Brereton Green – 1892), English recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Palmer VC |url=https://vcgca.org/our-people/profile/906/Anthony-PALMER |website=VC and GC Association. |publisher=VC and GC Association.}}</ref>
* [[Ivor Armstrong Richards]] (1893–1979), English literary critic<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Storer |chapter=Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893–1979) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31603 |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[George Roper]] (1934–2003), [[comedian]], lived in the town at the time of his death<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-roper-548453.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101224233344/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-roper-548453.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 24 December 2010|title= George Roper Popular television stand-up comedian |access-date=28 June 2008 |newspaper=The Independent|date= 22 July 2003| location=London}}</ref>
* [[William Steele (Lord Chancellor of Ireland)|William Steele]] (1610–1680), Lord Chancellor of Ireland,<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Steele,_William  |volume= 25 |short=x}}</ref> born in Sandbach<ref>{{cite book |first=John Parsons |last=Earwaker |author-link=John Parsons Earwaker |title=The History of the Ancient Parish of Sandbach, Co. Chester including the two chapelries of Holmes Chapel and Goostrey from original records |date=1890 |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofancient00earw#page/18/mode/2up |page=18 |publisher=Hansard Publishing Union Ltd. |location=London and Redhill |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
=== Sport ===
* [[Matt Beesley]] (born 1992 in Sandbach), English rugby union player, played for Northampton Saints{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Mia Brookes]] (b. 19 January 2007), British snowboarder<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/27/snowboarder-mia-brookes-16-makes-gb-history-with-slopestyle-world-title |title=Snowboarder Mia Brookes, 16, makes GB history with slopestyle world title |first=Sean |last=Ingle |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 February 2023 |accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Philip Dunkley]] (b. 1951), English cricketer{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Thomas Hilditch]] (1885 in Sandbach – 1957), English first-class cricketer{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* [[Charles Kelly (footballer)|Charles Kelly]] (1894–1969), footballer for [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2023}}
* [[Frank Roberts (footballer, born 1893)|Frank Roberts]] (1893–1961), [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] footballer<ref>{{Cite book|title = Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last = Joyce|first = Michael|publisher = Tony Brown|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1905891610|location = Nottingham|page = 247}}</ref>
* [[Bert Sproston]] (1914–2000), former England footballer, signed by [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] from Sandbach Ramblers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/index.php?pageID=484&init=S |title=Football Obituaries |access-date=28 June 2008 |publisher= The Association of Football Statisticians }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glanville |first=Brian |date=4 February 2000 |title=Bert Sproston |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/04/newsstory.sport |access-date=22 October 2011 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[Barrie Wheatley]] (born 1938), former English footballer, played for Sandbach Ramblers, [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], Crewe Alexandra, and [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]<ref name="Weatley">{{cite book |title= Crewe Alexandra Football Club, 100 Greats |last=Finch |first=Harold |year=2003 |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd. |location=Stroud, Gloucestshire |isbn=0-7524-3088-2 |page=123 }}</ref>
==See also==
{{portal|Cheshire}}
*[[Listed buildings in Sandbach]]
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*{{cite book |last=Earwaker |first=J. P. |title=The History of the Ancient Parish of Sandbach, Co. Chester including the two chapelries of Holmes Chapel and Goostrey from original records. |publisher=The Hansard Publishing Union, Limited |location=London and Redhill  |year=1890}}
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*[http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HTS_Arch_Assess_Sandbach.pdf Cheshire Historic Towns Survey: Sandbach Archaeological Assessment], 2003, Cheshire County Council
*[http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HTS_Arch_Sandbach_Strategy.pdf Cheshire Historic Towns Survey: Sandbach Archaeological Strategy ], 2003, Cheshire County Council
==External links==
{{commons category|Sandbach}}
{{Wikivoyage|Sandbach}}
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Sandbach}}
* [http://www.sandbach.gov.uk Sandbach Town Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110234842/http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/ |date=10 November 2011 }}
* [http://www.coldmoss.co.uk/ Sandbach  – Ancient Market Town]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311185801/http://www.cheshiremarkettowns.co.uk/ Cheshire Market Towns]
* [http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/ Sandbach United Football Club]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120214103222/http://www.sandbachunitedfc.co.uk/Club/SandbachCommunityFootballCentre.aspx Sandbach United Community Football Centre]
* [https://archive.today/20130411234804/http://www.tocacity.com/location/united-kingdom/england/sandbach Sandbach Community Hub]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140116181550/http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/town-guide.htm Sandbach Town Guide] at Sandbach Town Council
* "[http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/pageviewer.asp?fn=0000cqcc.tif&dn=LUL1001Stif&zoom=s Sandbach]" Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Cheshire (1828–29)
* "[http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/PAGEVIEWER.ASP?fn=0000aaeu.tif&dn=BCL15022tif&zoom=in Sandbach]" Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1902
* [http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/sandbach Portable Antiquities Scheme Database: Sandbach]
* [http://newspapers.library.wales/search?range&#91;min&#93;=1500&range&#91;max&#93;=2500&alt=&page=1&sort=date&order=asc&rows=12&refine=&query=sandbach Sandbach in Welsh Newspapers online]
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