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Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester) is a county in the North West of England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the city of Chester. Other major towns include Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Northwich, Runcorn, Warrington, Widnes and Wilmslow.
Cheshire covers a boulder clay plain separating the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire.
The county covers an area of 2,343 km² and has an estimated population of 993,200 with a population density of 424 people per square kilometre.
Cheshire is mostly rural and is historically famous for the production of Cheshire cheese, salt and silk. In the 19th century towns to the north of the county were pioneers of the chemical industry.
Middlewich is one of the Wich towns in Cheshire, England.
Middlewich lies on the confluence of a number of natural and man made features: the Rivers Dane, Croco and Wheelock; the Shropshire Union and Trent and Mersey Canals; and the A533, A54 and A530 roads. It is an important location for salt manufacture, and has also been known for Cheshire cheese. The parish church for Middlewich is St. Michael and All Angels, which dates back to the 12th century.
In common with other towns within mid-Cheshire, the good motorway and road links have seen a large influx of people in the last thirty years, doubling the population of Middlewich since 1970. Events such as the annual folk and boat festival, and the Roman and Norman festivals have also helped to boost tourism into the town.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer.
His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky".
His facility at word play, logic, and fantasy has delighted audiences ranging from children to the literary elite. But beyond this, his work has become embedded deeply in modern culture. He has directly influenced many artists.
There are societies dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life in many parts of the world including North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
His biography has recently come under much question as a result of what has come to be termed the "Carroll Myth".
- ...that George Ormerod, an English antiquary and historian, was responsible for organising the restoration of the Saxon crosses in Sandbach in Cheshire, England in 1816? (March 14, 2007)
- ...that The Christian by Hall Caine (published 1897) was the first novel in Britain to sell over a million copies? (March 1, 2007)
- ...that in his lifetime, Thomas Brassey was involved in building one-third of the railway built in the United Kingdom and in one-twentieth of the railway built in the world? (January 27, 2007).
- ...that Robert Spear Hudson used paintings by professional artists for advertising before Pear's Soap and Lever Brothers? (January 24, 2007)
- ...that the Round Tower in Sandiway, Cheshire, was originally the gate lodge of the great house of Vale Royal Abbey? (January 24, 2007)
- ...that the Mark II radio telescope built in 1964 at Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK was the first telescope to be controlled by a digital computer? (November 22, 2006)
"We got to Chester about midnight on Tuesday; and here again I am in a state of much enjoyment ... Chester pleases my fancy more than any town I ever saw. I told a very pleasing young lady, niece to one of the Prebendaries, at whose house I saw her, "I have come to Chester, Madam, I cannot tell how; and far less can I tell how I am to get away from it."
- "[Alice] went on. "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
- "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
- "I don't much care where –" said Alice.
- "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
- "– so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
- "Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
"Chester is a glorious ancient city with a rare elegance in its beautifully preserved old buildings. A sense that all England's history is encapsulated here in its broad, cobbled, enchanting streets and from its 2000 year old walls to the awesome cathedral. Yet it is surprisingly young and lively. A living city with a zing in the air, yet mature and relaxed, a city that knows itself to be happy in its skin. This is the city I grew up in and loved".
- George Ormerod
- Sir John Chesshyre
- Thomas Alcock
- Listed buildings in Runcorn, Cheshire
- List of schools in Cheshire
- List of structures built by Thomas Brassey
- Baker Way
- Salt Museum, Northwich
- Castle Park House, Frodsham
- Canals in Cheshire
- Recreational walks in Cheshire
- Salt in Cheshire
- Thomas Brassey
- Robert Spear Hudson
- Round Tower Lodge
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