Grappenhall is first mentioned in the
Domesday Book of 1086 with the name
Gropenhale and with a valuation of five
shillings. carving of a 'Cheshire Cat',
St Wilfrid's Church St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This may have been
Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning
Cheshire Cat in ''
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family. Along with the church, the centre of the village contains three pubs, the Parr Arms, the Ram's Head and the Bellhouse. The Grappenhall Hall Residential School (closed down) and St Wilfrid's Primary School and Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre. On 1 April 1936 the parish of
Thelwall was abolished and merged with Grappenhall, on 1 April 1974 the merged parish was renamed "Grappenhall and Thelwall". In 1931 the parish of Grappenhall (prior to the merge) had a population of 2449. ==Leisure==