Moore is a village and
civil parish in the
Borough of Halton,
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, located midway between
Runcorn and
Warrington. It has a population of 807.
Etymology
The name 'Moore' comes from the Old English word ''mor'', meaning 'moor, or fen'. The village's earliest recording was as ''Mora'', some time in the 12th century.
History
Moore is the site of a disused railway station named
Daresbury. The railway station was opened in 1850 and was located on the south side of Runcorn Road. The station was closed to passengers in 1952 and closed completely in 1965. The platforms and ramps down from road are still visible from Runcorn Road. The railway station was situated on the
Birkenhead Joint Railway
The Birkenhead Railway was a railway company in North West England. It was incorporated as the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway (BL&CJR) in 1846 to build a line connecting the port of Birkenhead and the city of Chester with ...
close to Warrington and in the village of Moore. The railway station was the second to open in the village.
The first railway station which was very close by was part of the Grand Junction Railway which opened on 4 July 1837. Moore was a second class station at which a First Class train would not stop. The engineer for the northern half of the new railway was Joseph Locke who became a famous as a railway engineer. The date of closure of Moore railway station is uncertain.
Daresbury railway station was initially called Moore but the name was changed to Daresbury in April 1861 taking its name from a village a mile or so away.
The area of Moore to the north of the
West Coast Main Line and west of Moss Lane was designated as part of Runcorn New Town in 1964 and the land allocated to industry.
The New Town Masterplan was amended in 1975 to reduce the amount of industrial land around the village and to create a green buffer between it and what would become Manor Park Industrial Estate.
Landmarks
Moore's notable buildings are the village farmhouse, dating from the middle of the 17th century and
Moore Hall, a five-
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
manor house, dating from the early 18th century.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Runcorn (rural area)
References
External links
{{authority control
Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
Borough of Halton