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Winsford
Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the River Weaver, south of Northwich and west of Middlewich. It grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the 18th century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of Runcorn on the River Mersey. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 32,530 and the parish had a population of 33,547. Winsford is split into three areas: Over on the western side of the River Weaver, Wharton on the eastern side, and Swanlow and Dene. History Early origins The name ''Winsford'' is of uncertain origin, but is thought to derive from a personal name Wain or Wynne and ford, referencing a crossing point of the River Weaver. The Norman Earls of Chester had a hunting lodge or summer palace at Darnhall in Over parish. There was an enclosed area where deer and wild boar were kept to be hunted by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over, Cheshire
Over is a suburb of Winsford in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It was formerly a separate village and ancient borough. It has been administered as part of Winsford since 1875. History Ancient origins Over owes its origins to the ice age when melt waters from the last ice sheet left a long line of sand expanding from near Frodsham in the north to beyond Nantwich in the south. The main road through Delamere Street and Swanlow Lane follows this line and is about above sea level. or so to the east, the River Weaver cuts a deep valley through the glacial clay. As there are few real hills in central Cheshire it would have been an ideal site for early settlers, who generally avoided valleys. Prehistoric tools have occasionally been found along the route, showing that the area had been used for many thousands of years before the first mention of the name in the Domesday Book of 1086. Saxon times The earliest evidence of anyone living in the area is the pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire West And Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and the Chester (district), City of Chester. The remainder of the ceremonial county of Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Borough of Halton, Halton and Borough of Warrington, Warrington. Cheshire West and Chester has three key urban areas: Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich/Winsford. The decision to create the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007 following a consultation period, in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. Governance The council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Weaver
The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included eleven Lock (water transport), locks, was completed in 1732. An unusual clause in the enabling act of Parliament, the River Weaver Navigation Act 1720 (7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 10), stipulated that profits should be given to the County of Cheshire for the improvement of roads and bridges, but the navigation was not initially profitable, and it was 1775 before the first payments were made. Trade continued to rise, and by 1845, over £500,000 had been given to the county. The major Salt trade, trade was salt. The arrival of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Anderton in 1773 was detrimental to the salt trade at first, but ultimately beneficial, as salt was tipped down chutes from the canal into barges on the river navigation. Access to the river was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsford Railway Station
Winsford railway station serves the town of Winsford, in Cheshire, England. It is a stop on the West Coast Main Line, sited north of . History The station was opened in 1837 on the Grand Junction Railway. There have been two serious rail collisions near Winsford; the first in 1948 killed 24 and the second in 1962 killed 18. Facilities Winsford station was upgraded in winter 2010. The upgrade included the installation of help points and electronic arrival/departure boards on the platforms, as well as a departure monitor in the main building. The ticket office is staffed from 07:00 to 12:00 on Mondays through Thursdays, 07:00 to 15:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and is closed on Sundays. Outside of these hours, there is a ticket machine available, which can also be used to collect tickets purchased in advance. Though the footbridge linking the platforms has stairs, step-free access is available to both via local roads. Services The station is managed by London Northwestern Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Cheshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mid Cheshire is a List of UK Parliament constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It is represented by Andrew Cooper (Labour politician), Andrew Cooper of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It was formerly a two-member United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliamentary United Kingdom constituencies, constituency which existed in the 19th century. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was re-established as a single-member seat and was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. History Under the Reform Act 1867, the Parliamentary County of Cheshire was divided into three 2-member constituencies. This was achieved by the creation of Mid Cheshire which comprised the Hundred of Bucklow from North Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), North Cheshire and the Hundred of Northwich from South Cheshire (UK Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary. The largest settlement is Warrington. The county has an area of and had a population of 1,095,500 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The areas around the River Mersey in the north of the county are the most densely populated, with Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, and Ellesmere Port located on the river. The city of Chester lies in the west of the county, Crewe in the south, and Macclesfield in the east. For Local government in England, local government purposes Cheshire comprises four Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Cheshire East, Cheshire We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlewich
Middlewich is a town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is located east of Chester, east of Winsford, south-east of Northwich and north-west of Sandbach. The population of the parish at the United Kingdom 2021 census, 2021 census was 14,421. Middlewich lies at the confluence of three rivers: the River Dane, Dane, River Croco, Croco and River Wheelock, Wheelock. Three canals also pass through the town: the Shropshire Union Canal, Shropshire Union, Trent and Mersey Canal, Trent & Mersey and the Wardle Canal. The town has three major roads: the A533 road, A533, A54 road, A54 and A530 road, A530; there are also good motorway links to the nearby cities of Manchester and Liverpool. The town's population has doubled since 1970, despite a reduction in the number of manufacturing jobs in salt and textile manufacturing. Since 1990, there have been initiatives to increase the volume of tourism into the town, through events such as the annual Middlewich folk and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitegate, Cheshire
Whitegate is a small village in Cheshire, England, near the towns of Northwich and Winsford. It is in the civil parish of Whitegate and Marton, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. At its centre is an ancient Anglican church. Nearby Vale Royal Abbey was once the largest Cistercian abbey church in Britain. The railway Whitegate was once connected to the national rail network, although the station was some distance from the village centre. The railway branched from the Chester to Manchester (via Northwich) line near Cuddington, with a single stop at Whitegate and terminated at Winsford and Over. The line was principally used for freight to and from the numerous salt works in the Winsford area. Passenger services had a somewhat chequered history, being twice suspended for a number of years during the nineteenth century. After being restored in 1892, following a four-year break, passenger services continued until January 1931 when they were withdrawn for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darnhall
Darnhall is a civil parish and small village to the south west of Winsford in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It had a population of 232 at the 2011 Census. History The Norman Earls of Chester had a hunting lodge or summer palace at Darnhall in Over parish. There was an enclosed area where deer and wild boar were kept to be hunted by the Earl and his guests. It was there that the last earl met his death in 1237. It was rumoured that his wife, Helen, the daughter of Llywelyn the Great, had poisoned him in order to favour the powerful aristocrat that her daughter had married. However, King Henry III annexed the title and its lands and spent time at Darnhall. After the Second Barons' War, the Ash Brook was dammed to drive three water mills and to make pools to keep fish.Curzon, J. Brian. ''It's All Over'' (2006) In 1270 at the behest of his son, Henry III gave the estate to the Cistercians, who built Darnhall Abbey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Royal Abbey
Vale Royal Abbey is a former England in the Middle Ages, medieval abbey and later country house in Whitegate, Cheshire, Whitegate, England. The precise location and boundaries of the abbey are difficult to determine in today's landscape. The original building was founded by the Lord Edward, later Edward I of England, Edward I, for Cistercian monks. Edward had supposedly taken a vow during a rough sea crossing in the 1260s. Second Barons' War, Civil wars and political upheaval delayed the build until 1272, the year he inherited the throne. The original site at Darnhall Abbey, Darnhall was unsatisfactory, so was moved a few miles north to the Delamere Forest. Edward intended the structure to be on a grand scale—had it been completed it would have been the largest Cistercian monastery in the country—but his ambitions were frustrated by recurring financial difficulties. Early during construction, England became involved in Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England, war with Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwich
Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane, east of Chester, south of Warrington and south of Manchester. The population of the parish was 22,726 at the 2021 census. The area around Northwich was exploited for its salt pans by the Romans, when the settlement was known as ''Condate''. The town had been severely affected by salt mining and subsidence was historically a significant problem. Mine stabilisation work was completed in 2007. History Early history During Roman times, Northwich was known as ''Condate'', thought to be a Latinisation of a Brittonic name meaning "Confluence". There are several other sites of the same name, mostly in France; in Northwich's case, it lies at the junction of the rivers Dane and Weaver. Northwich can be identified through two contemporary Roman documents. The first of these is the Antonin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
