Cheshire

Cheshire county
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Country	United Kingdom
Part of the country	England
region	North West England
status	Ceremonial county
First mention	980
Ceremonial county
surface	2,343 km² (25th of 48 )
Residents	1,031,960
	Districts / Unitary Authorities;
	Cheshire West and Chester; Cheshire East; Warrington; Halton;

Cheshire [ ˈtʃɛʃər or ˈtʃɛʃɪər ], formerly the County of Chester , is a ceremonial and traditional county in north-west England . The capital is Chester . Cheshire borders the counties of Merseyside , Greater Manchester , Derbyshire , Staffordshire and Shropshire and the former Welsh county of Clwyd .

Some northern parts of the county are suburbs of Manchester or Liverpool ; many of those who work there commute from other parts of the county.

The gardens and parks in the region are part of the European Garden Heritage Network .

history

Chester

Friesian cows in Cheshire (Holstein cattle)

The Cheshire Cat in Carroll's Alice in Wonderland , 1866

In the 11th century Domesday Book , Cheshire is recorded as a much larger county than it is today. Their northern limit was the Ribble River .

In 1182 the land north of the River Mersey became part of the new county of Lancashire . More parts of Cheshire later came to Wales .

The 1974 reform gave some parts of the county bordering Lancashire to the new counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside , particularly Stockport and the Birkenhead area . At the same time, Cheshire received Warrington and the surrounding district of Lancashire back.

Halton and Warrington became independent administrative units ( Unitary Authorities ) in 1998 , which are independent of Cheshire. As part of a further administrative reform, further extensive changes were made on April 1, 2009:

The districts of Chester , Ellesmere Port and Neston and Vale Royal were combined to form the new Unitary Authority Cheshire West and Chester .
The districts of Congleton , Crewe and Nantwich and Macclesfield were combined to form the new Unitary Authority Cheshire East .
The County Council of Cheshire was abolished without replacement, so that in the whole of Cheshire there is now only one administrative division into four unitary authorities.

Famous Products

Cheshire cheese (only known as "Chester cheese" in Germany)
Bentley Motors (luxury car brand; based in Crewe, Cheshire)
Mountain equipment

Cheshire in language and literature

The English expression "grin like a Cheshire cat" means "big grin"; the origin of the phrase, which has occasionally appeared in literature since the 18th century, is still unclear.

Cheshire Cat ; literary figure known in German as "Cheshire Cat" from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland .

Cities and towns

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

Web links

Commons : Cheshire - collection of images, videos and audio files

Cheshire County Council - Official Portal (English)
Cheshire Genealogy - Portal with a detailed collection of links (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Population of England and Wales on June 30, 2012 ( ZIP ; 832 kB)
^ The Phrase Finder

[ONS-1] Population of England and Wales on June 30, 2012 ( ZIP ; 832 kB)

[2] The Phrase Finder