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Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Ellesmere Port ( ) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, north of Chester, south of Birkenhead, southwest of Runcorn and south of Liverpool. The town had a population of 61,090 in the 2011 census. Ellesmere Port also forms part of the wider Birkenhead urban area, which had a population of 325,264 in 2011. The town was originally established on the River Mersey at the entrance to the Ellesmere Canal. As well as a service sector economy, it has retained large industries including Stanlow oil refinery, a chemical works and the Vauxhall Motors car factory. There are also a number of tourist attractions including the National Waterways Museum, the Blue Planet Aquarium and Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet. History The town of Ellesmere Port was founded at the outlet of the never-completed Ellesmere Canal. The canal (now renamed) was designed and engineered by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 United Kingdom Census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England and Wales. In its capacity as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wirral Hundred
The Hundred of Wirral is the ancient administrative area for the Wirral Peninsula. Its name is believed to have originated from the ''Hundred of Wilaveston'', the historic name for Willaston, which was an important assembly point in the Wirral Hundred during the Middle Ages. The ''ton'' suffix in a place name normally indicates a previous use as a meeting location for officials. During its existence, the hundred was one of the Hundreds of Cheshire. Since local government reorganisation, implemented on 1 April 1974, the area is split between Merseyside (Metropolitan Borough of Wirral) and Cheshire. Villages The Hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ... contained the following villages: References Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Hundreds of Cheshire Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoak
Stoak is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester; and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Within the parish, to the west of the village is the intersection of the M53 motorway, M53 and M56 motorway, M56 Motorways, and to its east the Shropshire Union Canal. The population of the parish as taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 171. The name of the parish was changed from the previous Stoke after a review of town and parish councils in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority. The parish should not be confused with a different Cheshire parish called Stoke, Cheshire East, Stoke, in Cheshire East. The parish church in the village, St Lawrence's Church, Stoak, St Lawrence's Church, is a Grade II* listed building. See also *Listed buildings in Stoak References [Baidu] |
Eastham, Merseyside
Eastham is a village and an Ward (country subdivision), electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historic counties of England, Historically (until 1974), it was part of Cheshire. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bromborough and to the east of Willaston, Cheshire West, Willaston. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, it had a population of 12,250 (5,940 males, 6,310 females), although the total ward population for the town stood at 13,637 (6,562 males, 7,075 females). In 2011 the town's population was not measured separately but a review was carried out for the ward. The total population had risen to 13,882 of which 6,730 were males and 7,152 females. History Eastham is cited as one of the oldest villages on the Wirral Peninsula and has been inhabited since Anglo Saxon times. The name derives from its location: ''ham'' ("home") situated to the east of Willaston, Cheshire West, Willaston, which was then the prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (England)
In England, a township (Latin: ''villa'') is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church. A township may or may not be coterminous with a chapelry, manor, or any other minor area of local administration. The township is distinguished from the following: *Vill: traditionally, among legal historians, a ''vill'' referred to the tract of land of a rural community, whereas ''township'' was used when referring to the tax and legal administration of that community. *Chapelry: the 'parish' of a chapel (a church without full parochial functions). *Tithing: the basic unit of the medieval Frankpledge system. 'Township' is, however, sometimes used loosely for any of the above. History In many areas of England, the basic unit of civil administration was the parish, generally identical with the ecclesiastical parish. However, in some cases, particularly in Northern England, there was a lesser unit called a township, being a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooton, Cheshire
Hooton is a suburban village on the Wirral Peninsula, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was once a separate village but was incorporated into Ellesmere Port as the town expanded outwards during the twentieth century. The 2011 census recorded the population of the Hooton built-up area as 385. History The name Hooton means "hill-spur farm/settlement" and likely derives from the Old English words ''hōh'' (s sharply projecting tract of land) and ''tūn'' (a farmstead or settlement). In 1070 William the Conqueror granted the lands of Hooton to Adam de Aldithly. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Hotone'' in the hundred of ''Wilaveston'' (later called the Wirral Hundred) under the ownership of Richard de Vernon and consisting of nine households (one villager, four smallholders and four 'riders'). Eventually the lands passed to the Stanley family through a series of marriages. After the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overpool
Overpool is a village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, England. It is a suburb of Ellesmere Port, and part of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. History The name means "upper pool" and derives from the Old English words ''uferra'' and ''pōl''. Recorded in the Domesday Book under the ownership of William Malbank, the settlement had a population of only two households. Pool consisted of two townships: Nether Pool and Over Pool, in Eastham parish of the Wirral Hundred. Overpool became a civil parish in 1866 and was part of Wirral Rural District from 1894. The parish was abolished in 1911 and absorbed into Ellesmere Port. The population was recorded at 89 in 1801, 72 in 1851 and 91 in 1901. From the 1930s, the settlement of Netherpool was lost to industrial redevelopment and the 16th century Poole Hall was demolished shortly before the outbreak of World War II. In the 1960s, Overpool's shops on the north side of Rossmore Road West were: GM Birks (Haird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Sutton, Cheshire
Little Sutton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Located between Childer Thornton and Great Sutton, it is a suburb of the town of Ellesmere Port. Little Sutton is mostly residential and sits either side of the A41 road, linking Birkenhead and Chester. History Little Sutton and neighbouring Great Sutton were mentioned in a single entry in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Sudtone'', under the ownership of the canons of St Werburgh's Abbey. The settlement was previously a township in the parish of Eastham, in the Wirral Hundred. A civil parish from 1866, it was abolished in 1950 and subsumed into Ellesmere Port. The population was recorded at 166 in 1801, 432 in 1851 and rising to 1,109 in 1901. Geography Little Sutton is in the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula and a suburban area of the town of Ellesmere Port. Sports facilities Hooton Lawn Tennis Club, which was esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Sutton
Great Sutton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is a suburb of Ellesmere Port and, as with Little Sutton to the north, was once a separate village that was incorporated into the town as it expanded outwards. History Great Sutton and Little Sutton were mentioned in a single entry in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Sudtone'', under the ownership of the canons of St Werburgh's Abbey. The village was part of the parish of Eastham in the Wirral Hundred, becoming part of Ellesmere Port civil parish in 1950. The population was recorded at 153 in 1801, 203 in 1851 and 397 in 1901. Great Sutton is a residential area close to the A41 road that links Birkenhead and Chester. The White Swan Inn public house dates back to about 1850. The Church of St John the Evangelist on Chester Road (A41) was consecrated in November 1879. The village was struck by an F1/T3 tornado on 23 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by the Latin name ''Liber de Wintonia'', meaning "Book of Winchester", where it was originally kept in the royal treasury. The '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' states that in 1085 the king sent his agents to survey every shire in England, to list his holdings and dues owed to him. Written in Medieval Latin, it was highly abbreviated and included some vernacular native terms without Latin equivalents. The survey's main purpose was to record the annual value of every piece of landed property to its lord, and the resources in land, manpower, and livestock from which the value derived. The name "Domesday Book" came into use in the 12th century. Richard FitzNeal wrote in the ''Dialogus de Scaccario'' ( 1179) that the book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dee, Wales
The River Dee ( cy, Afon Dyfrdwy, la, Deva Fluvius) is a river in the United Kingdom. It flows through parts of both Wales and England, forming part of the border between the two countries. The river rises in Snowdonia, Wales, flows east via Chester, England, and discharges to the sea in an estuary between Wales and the Wirral Peninsula in England. It has a total length of . History The River Dee was the traditional boundary of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in Wales for centuries, possibly since its founding in the 5th century. It was recorded in the 13th century (in mainstream Middle English orthography, lacking the letters v and w) as ''flumen Dubr Duiu''; the name appears to derive from the Brythonic ''dēvā'': "River of the Goddess" or "Holy River". The river is personified as the war and fate goddess Aerfen. The river name inspired the name of Roman fortress ''Deva Victrix''. It is the only river in the UK to be subject to a Water Protection Zone along its whole length down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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