Frodsham is a
market town,
civil parish, and
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
in the unitary authority of
Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 str ...
and the ceremonial county of
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, England. Its population in 2021 was 9,300.
It is south of
Liverpool and southwest of
Manchester. The
River Weaver runs to its northeast and on the west it overlooks the
estuary of the
River Mersey. The
A56 road and the
Chester–Manchester railway line pass through the town, and the
M56 motorway passes to the northwest.
In
medieval times, Frodsham was an important borough and port belonging to the
Earls of Chester
The Earldom of Chester was one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval England, extending principally over the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire. Since 1301 the title has generally been granted to heirs apparent to the English throne, and ...
. Its parish church,
St. Laurence's, still exhibits evidence of a building present in the 12th century in its
nave and is referenced in the
Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, and Frodsham's viability as a trading centre was emphasised by the presence of the "big five"
clearing banks Clearing bank may refer to:
* Clearing (finance), a bank that participates in the system to clear (finalize) financial transactions
*Cheque and Credit Clearing Company
The Cheque and Credit Clearing Company Limited (C&CCC) is a UK membership-ba ...
and several
building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have recently closed. Development in the town's shops and premises with alcohol licences is evident through the opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar, restaurants, take-aways, and public houses since 2002, and in the continued presence of small, specialised, businesses operating from town-centre shops.
History
Toponymy
The etymology of Frodsham's name is not entirely clear. It is called ''Frotesham'' in the
Domesday Book. A literal translation of the
Old English
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would give personal name of ''Frod'' or an old spelling of ''ford'', and ''ham'' which means a village or homestead; hence Frod's village or the village on the ford (ford-ham). However, an alternative, more obscure etymology exists which suggests the name means "promontory into marsh", which would make sense considering that Frodsham had a promontory castle very close to marshland. Frodsham is unique as the name of a settlement in the
British Isles. Earlier spellings of the name have included Fradsham, Frandsham, Frodisham, Ffradsam and Ffradsham.
Early history
Frodsham Hill is the location of an
Iron Age promontory fort
A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus using the topography to reduce the ramparts needed. Although their dating is problematic, most seem to da ...
, the outline of which can still be seen.
The town is of
Saxon
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
origin; its 11th-century church is mentioned in the
Domesday Book. Frodsham was an important manor of the medieval Earls of Chester and was created a borough in the early 13th century, probably by Earl Ranulf III. The mouth of the
River Weaver, where it joins the Mersey, made Frodsham into a significant port for the coasting trade, particularly for the export of
Cheshire salt, brought down the river from
Northwich
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, static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg
, static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church
, official_name = Northwich
, country ...
and
Nantwich. The site of the
manor house was in Castle Park; the building was of stone and was fortified. In an account of 1315 it is called 'castellum' (little castle), although 'manerium' (manor house) was the usual designation.
Recent history
Frodsham was the headquarters of
Runcorn Rural District Council. In 1974 the district was split between
Halton Borough Council,
Warrington Borough Council and
Vale Royal District Council (latterly Vale Royal Borough Council). In the early 1990s Vale Royal Borough Council opened a new purpose-built headquarters in
Winsford. At the same time, its offices in
Hartford near Northwich (the former headquarters of Northwich Rural District Council) and at Castle Park in Frodsham (the former headquarters of Runcorn Rural District Council) were downgraded.
Castle Park House
Castle Park House is a former country house surrounded by extensive grounds in the market town of Frodsham in Cheshire, England. It is reputedly built on the site of Frodsham Castle, and originates from the late 18th century. It was exten ...
had a major refurbishment in 2005–06 and now operates as a "one-stop shop" for
Cheshire West and Chester Council, providing a number of services for the community and for businesses.
![FrodshamCastleParkArtsCentre(NeilKennedy)Dec2002](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/FrodshamCastleParkArtsCentre%28NeilKennedy%29Dec2002.jpg)
In 1992 the parish council became Frodsham Town Council and Frodsham was no longer a village. The chair of the parish council became the mayor of Frodsham. The majority of powers were held by Cheshire County Council and Vale Royal Borough Council who were replaced by
Cheshire West and Chester Council on 1 April 2009.
Frodsham was home to
Frodsham School, a
science and technology
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context of ...
college, which closed in July 2009 owing to the falling birth rate, and was amalgamated with
Helsby High School
(''Unto thyself so unto others'')
, established = 1897
, closed =
, type = Community school
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. The site was redeveloped and now houses the new health centre for the town.
Frodsham, like the neighbouring village of
Helsby, has a hill overlooking the
Mersey estuary, which is popular with dog walkers and naturalists. Frodsham Hill, overlooking Frodsham and the Liverpool
skyline, is a large sandstone hill, home to many farms, prestige homes and the Mersey View
nightclub (commonly known as 'the View') and Forest Hills Hotel. Before the construction of the hotel and nightclub, famously hosting one of
the Beatles' first appearances, the site was home to a very large
helter skelter and a fine collection of vintage coin-operated amusement machines.
The Frodsham Caves are found in the sandstone foundations of Frodsham Hill.
Geography
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Frodsham sits beneath the imposing wooded
escarpment of Beacon Hill, which is also known locally as Frodsham Hill or Overton Hill and whose top attains a height of just over . The hill forms the northern end of the
Mid-Cheshire Ridge, a range of
sandstone hills that extends southwards to
Delamere Forest and
Tarporley.
The northern boundaries of the modern parish are defined by the
River Weaver (canalised in part as the
Weaver Navigation) and the inner
Mersey Estuary into which it flows. The
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the Mersey Estuary at Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it generally follows the original routes of the river ...
runs parallel to the Mersey along the northern edge of the low-lying ground of Frodsham Marsh and Lordship Marsh, which themselves extend south and east to the built-up area of Frodsham.
The town is close to the junction of the
A56, the main link between
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
and
Warrington, with the B5152 road, which runs southeast to connect with
Kingsley Kingsley may refer to:
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*Kingsley (given name)
* Kingsley (surname)
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Canada
* Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124, Saskatchewan
England
*Kingsley, Cheshire
*Kingsley, Hampshire
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,
Northwich
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, static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg
, static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church
, official_name = Northwich
, country ...
and
Tarporley in the centre of the county. The
Chester–Manchester railway line passes through the town and the
M56 motorway runs parallel to the road and railway along the southeastern edge of the marsh. The formerly separate settlements of Netherton and
Overton form the southern districts of the town while the easternmost section towards Frodsham Bridge is known as Newtown.
Geology
The parish, like most in Cheshire, is underlain by a suite of
sedimentary rocks dating from the
Triassic Period. They comprise (in ascending order) the early Triassic age Kinnerton Sandstone, Chester and Wilmslow Sandstone formations together with the Late Triassic age Helsby Sandstone, Tarporley Siltstone and Sidmouth Mudstone formations. Those formations up to and including the Helsby Sandstone Formation are assigned to the
Sherwood Sandstone Group
The Sherwood Sandstone Group is a Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) which is widespread in Britain, especially in the English Midlands. The name is derived from Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire which is underlain by r ...
. It is this formation whose relatively hard-wearing
sandstones form the higher ground of Beacon Hill, Woodhouse Hill and Harrol Edge. The younger
siltstone
Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt. It is a form of mudrock with a low clay mineral content, which can be distinguished from shale by its lack of fissility.Blatt ''et al.'' 1980, p ...
s and
mudstone
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s are assigned to the
Mercia Mudstone Group.
The sequence of sandstones is exposed in a railway cutting and two road cuttings, which are collectively designated as a geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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.
Several
faults run roughly northwest–southeast through the area, notably the Overton Fault, which roughly parallels the B5439 and B5152 roads, and the Frodsham Fault, which runs north from the vicinity of Crowmere to the mouth of the River Weaver. Both of these faults and others in the area downthrow to the east. Movement on them is thought to have taken place in the
Tertiary period. The uplift resulted in trapping the water table at an elevation of around at which level
springs developed.
Overlying the
bedrock
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Definition
Bedrock is the solid rock that underlies looser surface mater ...
are a variety of superficial deposits (otherwise known as
drift
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* Drift or ford (crossing) of a river
* Drift, Kentucky, unincorporated community in the United States
* In Cornwall, England:
** Drift, Cornwall, village
** Drift Reservoir, associated with the village
...
). These comprise a thin and patchy cover of
glacial till (or 'boulder clay'), largely a legacy of the
last ice age, together with spreads of glacio-fluvial sand and gravel, a product of the eventual deglaciation of the area. Recent
alluvium fills the deeply incised valley of the Weaver and also extends across the Marsh to the Mersey estuary.
Climate
Being close to the west coast and the
Irish Sea, the climate is generally
temperate with few extremes of temperature or weather. The mean average temperature in the years 1971 to 2000 was 9.4 to 9.7 °C, slightly above the average for the United Kingdom as was the average amount of annual sunshine at 1391 to 1470 hours. The average annual rainfall was 741 to 870 mm, slightly below the average for the UK. The average number of days in the year when snow is on the ground is 0 to 6, which is low for the United Kingdom. The average number of days of air frost is 2 to 39, which is also low.
Demography
The population of Frodsham parish at the
2021 census was 9,300.
97.1% of the population identified as
White, 1.3%
Mixed, 1.0%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.3%
Black and 0.3%
other.
Christianity was the most common religion in the 2021 census at 57.5%. 36.2% said they had
no religion. Minority religions were 0.4%
Buddhism, 0.3%
Islam
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, 0.2%
Hinduism, 0.2%
Judaism, 0.0%
Sikhism and 0.3%
other.
Transport
There is a railway station in
Frodsham which is managed by
Transport for Wales. It runs an hourly service between
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city ...
and
Llandudno
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via Frodsham and
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
. There are also infrequent services by
Northern
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between
Ellesmere Port and
Helsby.
Bus services are available to Chester, Runcorn,
Ellesmere Port,
Hatchmere
Hatchmere is a small mere and nature reserve in Delamere Forest, southeast of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. It is also the name of a hamlet near the village of Norley.
Nature reserve
Hatch Mere Nature Reserve covers . It lies within a Site of Sp ...
(adjacent to
Delamere Forest) and to
Northwich
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, static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg
, static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church
, official_name = Northwich
, country ...
. Frodsham is from
Liverpool John Lennon Airport and from
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest of those n ...
.
Education
There are four primary schools in Frodsham: Frodsham Manor House Primary School; St Luke's Catholic Primary School; Frodsham Church of England Primary School; and Frodsham Weaver Vale Primary School. The only secondary school in the town,
Frodsham School, a science and technology college, has now closed and has been converted into a health clinic, library and leisure centre.
Religion
There is one
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
church in Frodsham,
St Laurence's on Church Road, Overton. Frodsham
Methodist Church is on Kingsley Road, also just outside the centre of Frodsham in the Five Crosses/Overton area of the town. The town has, in the past, had a number of Methodist churches built to replace older chapels. Most recent to close were Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (later Trinity Methodist Church) and Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel (later Bourne Methodist Church). The spire of Trinity is still a visible landmark in the town. The
Roman Catholic church is
St. Luke
Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...
's in High Street. There are two
Evangelical chapels, Main Street Community Church and King's Church (Free Methodist) on Chester Road.
Local government arrangements
Frodsham lies within the administrative area of
Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 str ...
Council. Two councillors are elected from the Frodsham ward to serve on that Council. The Frodsham ward has the same boundaries as the Town's own parish boundaries. The current Councillors are Cllr Chris Basey and Cllr Lynn Riley, both
Conservatives, who were both elected to serve until the 2023 Local Government Elections for Cheshire West and Chester.
Frodsham Town Council is the local council or
parish council for Frodsham. This council is made up of 16 councillors. The town councillors are elected from one of four parish wards called Waterside Ward, Lakes Ward, Overton & Five Crosses Ward and Castle Park Ward. Four councillors are elected from each ward. These town councillors are elected to serve four-year terms of office, the most recent elections being on 7 May 2015. If any vacancy occurs during the four-year term 10 local parishioners from the relevant ward can require a by-election to be held, otherwise the other town councillors can co-opt an eligible person to be a councillor. The last by-election occurred in September 2013 in West ward. The last co-option occurred in September 2011 in North ward.
[Frodsham Town Council](_blank)
''www.frodsham.gov.uk'', accessed 12 August 2021
The then Frodsham Parish Council resolved to style itself a town in 1992. From 1992 to 2012 the chairman of the council served as the Town Mayor but using the courtesy title of 'Mayor of Frodsham'. However, strictly, the chairman was only entitled to be known as 'town mayor'.
In April 2012 the council resolved to split the roles of chairman and Mayor of Frodsham and separate votes are now held for each position. The council also resolved to create a convention offering the mayorship to the councillor who had served the longest since last being Mayor, or having been first elected regardless of any political or personal affiliations.
Media
Local news and television programmes are provided by
BBC North West and
ITV Granada
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. Television signals are received from the
Winter Hill TV transmitter. Frodsham's proximity to
North Wales means that
BBC Wales
BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
and
ITV Cymru Wales can also be received from the
Moel-y-Parc TV transmitter.
Local radio stations are
BBC Radio Merseyside
BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC's local radio station serving Merseyside.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds, from studios on Hanover Street in Liverpool.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 203,000 ...
on 95.8 FM,
Capital North West & Wales on 97.1 FM,
Heart North West on 105.4 FM,
Smooth Radio North West on 100.4 FM, and
Dee Radio
Chester's Dee Radio is an Independent Local Radio station serving the city of Chester and surrounding areas.
The station is independent and locally owned and broadcasts from studios at Riverside Innovation Centre.
As of March 2023, the statio ...
on 106.3 FM.
The town's local newspaper is the ''
Chester and District Standard''.
In November 2014 Frodsham made national headlines due to a hoax in which it was claimed that actor
William Shatner would be turning on the town's Christmas lights. A Twitter account, @Frodshamxmas, having spent the preceding weeks presenting itself as (though never directly claiming to be) the official social media account for the town's festivities, tweeted that the ''
Star Trek
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'' actor would be making an appearance. Several local news outlets, local councillors and the local MP unwittingly retweeted the claims until Shatner issued a tweet confirming them to be false. The perpetrator(s) of the hoax have never come forward.
Notable people
![Gary Barlow performing in Glasgow, 2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Gary_Barlow_performing_in_Glasgow%2C_2017.jpg)
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Ebenezer Latham (c.1688–1745), Presbyterian minister, medical doctor and educationalist, was born in Mickledale.
*
Bridge Frodsham
Bridge Frodsham was an English actor.
Life
He was born in Frodsham, Cheshire in 1734. He was admitted on the foundation of Westminster School in 1746, but ran away; in 1748, he was received back at the school. He ran away a second time, and ma ...
(1734–1768), actor, was born in Frodsham.
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William Charles Cotton
Rev William Charles Cotton (30 January 1813 – 22 June 1879) was an Anglican priest, a missionary and an apiarist. After education at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford he was ordained and travelled to New Zealand as chaplain to George Augu ...
(1813–79), who introduced
beekeeping
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to
New Zealand, was vicar of Frodsham 1859–1879.
*
Holbrook Gaskell II
Holbrook Gaskell II (7 December 1846 – 2 July 1919) was a chemical industrialist in Widnes, Lancashire, England.
He was the eldest son of Holbrook Gaskell, founder of Gaskell, Deacon & Co. and his wife Frances Anne Bellhouse and was born in ...
(1846–1919), chemical industrialist, died at his house Erindale in Frodsham.
*
Harriet Shaw Weaver
Harriet Shaw Weaver (1 September 1876 – 14 October 1961) was an English political activist and a magazine editor. She was a significant patron of Irish writer James Joyce.
Life
Harriet Shaw Weaver was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the sixth of e ...
(1876–1961),
feminist
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political activist and patron of
James Joyce, was born in Frodsham.
*
Bob Carolgees (b. 1948), 1980s TV entertainer, owns a candle shop at the Lady Hayes Craft Centre, near Frodsham.
*
Patrick Larley
Patrick Larley (born 1951) is a British composer.
Biography
He was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, England and lived at Fearnhead in Warrington. Patrick is the third of the four children of Ian A. and Helen Dunsmuir/Larley:
Larley studied organ ...
(b. 1951), classical composer, conductor, organist and solo singer, was born in the town.
*
Caradog Jones
Caradog "Crag" Jones (born 1962) is a Welsh climber. He is the first Welshman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a feat achieved on 23 May 1995. He was the 724th climber to reach the summit. The final ascent was made with Michael Knakkergaard- ...
(b. 1962), the first Welshman to reach the summit of
Mount Everest, lives in Frodsham.
*
Paul Marsden
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(b. 1968), former MP for
Shrewsbury and Atcham 1997 to 2005, was born in Frodsham.
*
Alice Coote (b. 1968), mezzo-soprano, was born in Frodsham.
*
Daniel Craig (b. 1968), actor, lived in Frodsham from 1972 to his early teens, at the Ring o' Bells pub where his father was landlord.
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* Gary Barlow (b. 1971), singer, pianist, songwriter and producer, was born and brought up in Frodsham.[ (One needs to choose the biography section after the animated introduction finishes.)]
* Emma Cunniffe (b. 1973), film, stage and television actress, was brought up in Frodsham and went to school there.
* Djibril Cissé (b. 1981), ex- Liverpool, Sunderland
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and France footballer, lived in the town as Lord of the Manor of Frodsham.
* Max Cleworth (b. 2002), professional footballer currently playing for Wrexham, was born in Frodsham.
See also
* Bear's Paw Hotel, Frodsham
*Frodsham Castle
Frodsham Castle was in the market town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England ().
Initially it served a military purpose, it then became a manor house and a gaol. After being damaged in the Civil War it was replaced by new house, Park Place.
Location ...
*Frodsham railway station
Frodsham railway station serves the town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The station is managed by Transport for Wales. It was opened along with the line in 1850 and the station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as ...
* Frodsham School
*Listed buildings in Frodsham
Frodsham is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 62 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, ...
*St Laurence's Church, Frodsham
St Laurence's Church is in Church Road, Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The church stands, not in the centre of the town, but in the elevated area of Overton overlooking the town. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a desi ...
References
Notes
Bibliography
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*Ordnance Survey. (2004). ''Northwich and Delamere Forest, Winsford and Middlewich.'' (1:25000 scale map). Southampton United Kingdom: Ordnance Survey. .
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