Cheshire

For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation).

Cheshire is a rural county in England. It is the North West part of the country, just south of Manchester. Cheshire covers 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and had a population of around 1.1 million in 2021.

Ceremonial county
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Cheshire shown within England Cheshire shown within England
Coordinates: 53°10′N 2°35′W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West
Established	Ancient
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	12 MPs
Police	Cheshire Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Alexis, Lady Redmond
High Sheriff	Nicholas Hopkinson
Area
• Ranked	of 48
Population (2005 est.)	993,200
• Ranked	19th of 48
Density	424/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Districts
Districts of Cheshire   Unitary
Districts	Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire East Warrington Halton

Cheshire's county town is the cathedral city of Chester, while its most populated town is Warrington.

It is most famous for making salt and cheese. Cheshire is made up of lots of little towns including the Borough of Macclesfield, a market town. A main attraction is Kerridge, near one of the western foothills of the Pennines .

Cheshire Media

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  The counties of England following the Norman Conquest. Cheshire held a strategic position on the Welsh border with the hundreds between the rivers Mersey and Ribble (Inter Ripam et Mersam) to the north.

• The strategic location of the Earldom of Chester; the only county palatine on the Welsh Marches.     Pura Wallia (independent Wales)     Lands gained by Llywelyn the Great in 1234     Marchia Wallie (lands controlled by Norman Marcher barons)

• Hundreds of Cheshire in Domesday Book. Areas highlighted in pink became part of Flintshire in Wales.

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  Map of Cheshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577.

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  Bridge Street and the Rows at Chester 

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  Crewe()

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  St Bartholomew's Church in Wilmslow

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