Cheshire

This article is about the English administrative county. For other uses see Cheshire (disambiguation)

Cheshire

Ellesmere Port and Neston Chester Crewe and Nantwich Congleton Macclesfield Vale Royal

Cheshire is an administrative county in North West England. Its county town is the city of Chester. It borders Flintshire, Wrexham, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire.

Cheshire's official title is the County of Chester. Cheshire is a contraction of "Chestershire".

Some northern parts of the county are effectively suburbs of Manchester or Liverpool, and many of those who work in these cities commute from other parts of the county. Additionally, some towns that are part of the traditional county of Cheshire also became part of the new metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside in 1974. In 1974, the administrative county was modified and lost its far north-eastern slice of land north of Glossop to Derbyshire, but gained Warrington from Lancashire. However Warrington became independent of Cheshire again in 1998 along with Halton when they were reconstituted as unitary authorities.

Table of contents

1 Districts and Boroughs in Cheshire 2 Famous products from Cheshire 3 Famous people from the Traditional county of Cheshire 4 Towns and villages 5 Places of interest

Districts and Boroughs in Cheshire

• Chester
• Congleton
• Crewe and Nantwich
• Ellesmere Port and Neston
• Macclesfield
• Vale Royal

• Cheshire cheese

• Lewis Carroll was born and raised here, hence the Cheshire cat.
• Writer Alan Garner
• Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell was brought up in the town of Knutsford, which she depicted in her book, Cranford.
• the singer Tim Burgess from the Charlatans.

• Acton, Alderley Edge, Alsager, Aldford, Astbury, Audlem
• Barton, Beeston, Bickerton, Bollington, Bucklow Hill, Bunbury, Burton (Willaston), Burton (Taporley)
• Chester, Congleton, Crewe
• Disley
• Elworth, Ellesmere Port
• Farndon, Frodsham
• Gawsworth, Great Budworth
• Hale
• Kelsall, Kerridge, Knutsford
• Langley, Ledsham, Lower Peover
• Macclesfield, Malpas, Marston, Middlewich, Mobberley
• Nantwich, Neston, Northwich
• Parkgate, Peckforton, Poynton, Prestbury,Runcorn
• Sandbach, Siddington, Stretton, Styal, Swettenham
• Tarporley, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Timbersbrook
• Warburton, Warrington,Warmingham, Weaverham, Willaston, Wilmslow, Widnes,Winsford, Wybunbury

• Adlington Hall
• Arley Hall
• Capesthorne Hall
• Dunham Massey
• Elton Hall, Aldford
• Gawsworth Hall
• Holt Castle
• Lyme Hall, Lyme Park, one of the locations for BBC's Pride and Prejudice
• Little Moreton Hall
• Moss Hall, Audlem
• Peover Hall
• Tabley House
• Tatton Hall, Tatton Park
• Beeston Castle
• Cholmondley Castle
• Peckforton Castle
• Sandbach Crosses
• Watermills: Bunbury Mill, Nether Alderley Mill, Quarry Bank Mill
• Jodrell Bank Science Centre
• Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
• Lion Salt Works, Marston, an industrial museum
• Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, an industrial museum
• Macclesfield Forest
• Ness Botanic Gardens
• Tegg's Nose Country Park
• River Weaver, River Dee, River Dane, River Bollin, River Goyt
• Shropshire Union Canal
• Trent and Mersey Canal
• Anderton Boat Lift
• Biddulph Valley Way, a long distance footpath