Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a 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, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in the North West of England. Chester is the county town, and formerly gave its name to the county.The largest town is Warrington, and other major towns include Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Northwich, Runcorn, Sandbach, Widnes, Wilmslow and Winsford.
This is a list of places within the ceremonial county boundaries of Cheshire, in North West England. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in the North West of England. Chester is the county town , and formerly gave its name to the county. The largest town is Warrington , and other major towns include Congleton , Crewe , Ellesmere Port , Macclesfield , Nantwich , Northwich , Runcorn , Sandbach , Widnes , Wilmslow and Winsford .
Dodlestone Castle was the seat of the Boydell family. The site has been damaged by landscaping and construction work. [30] A later mansion was built on the site for the Manley family of Lache, and this building was probably used in the English Civil War as Sir William Brereton's headquarters during the Siege of Chester. [32] Frodsham Castle ...
Mosslands, such as Risley Moss, are one of the major habitat types in Cheshire There are 63 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cheshire, England, covering a total area of 19,844 hectares (49,035 acres). Of these, 51 have been designated for their biological interest, 7 for their geological or geomorphological features, and 5 for both. SSSIs are governed by the Wildlife and ...
This is a list of places of interest in Cheshire, England. See List of places in Cheshire for a list of settlements in the county. ... By using this site, ...
Cheshire periodically lay under ice until the end of the Younger Dryas ice age about 11,500 years ago. However, primitive tools have been found that date to the Hoxnian Interglacial, between 400,000 and 380,000 years BP, showing that Cheshire was inhabited at that time, probably by Homo heidelbergensis.