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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.
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.
1450: A group of Cheshire gentry successfully petitions the Crown against the introduction of a parliamentary subsidy. [63] 1452, 1455, 1459: Margaret of Anjou visits Chester. [54] [64] 23 September 1459: Many Cheshire gentry killed fighting on both sides in the Battle of Blore Heath, early in the Wars of the Roses. [65] 1470: Edward IV visits ...
Three Shire Heads bridge, where three shires in England (Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire) meet. Shire (/ ʃ aɪər /) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries. It is generally synonymous with county (such as Cheshire and Worcestershire). British counties are ...
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 .
The name of a county often gives a clue to how it was formed, either as a division that took its name from a centre of administration, an ancient kingdom, or an area occupied by an ethnic group. [14] The majority of English counties are in the first category, with the name formed by combining the central town with the suffix "-shire", for ...
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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.