Daresbury
Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ N , 2 ° 38 ′ W
Daresbury is a place in the Unitary Authority Halton in County Cheshire in north-west England and has a population of 3,906 (2001).
Science and Technology
Daresbury is home to the Daresbury Laboratory, which belongs to the CCLRC (Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils) and has been part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council since 2007 . A large particle accelerator called Synchrotron Radiation Source operated here, which was closed in 2008.
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), writer ( Alice in Wonderland )
Attractions
In the Daniell Chapel , built around 1550, there is a window that shows Lewis Carroll, Alice and other fictional characters such as the white rabbit , Dodo , the Duchess , the Cheshire cat, and the king and queen of hearts .
At the bottom of the window you can find the lettering:
In memory of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Author of Alice in Wonderland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ After two million hours of science a British world first bids farewell ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: SRS Daresbury Laboratory, August 4, 2008, accessed September 12, 2010
