Shotwick is a small village and former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
, now in the parish of
Puddington, on the southern end of the
Wirral Peninsula 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. The village is close to the county of
Flintshire on the
England–Wales border. The village was located on the River Dee until it was canalised in 1736 after which the reclaimed land has since developed into the neighbouring Deeside Industrial Park. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Puddington.
History
Shotwick is recorded in the Domesday book (1086), within the Cheshire Hundred of Willaston, with six households listed.
Shotwick Castle
Shotwick Castle is a Norman medieval fortification near the village of Saughall, Cheshire, England. Construction began in the late 11th century. Its purpose was to control a crossing point on the River Dee between England and Wales. The site is ...
was built about 1093 by
Hugh Lupus
Hugh d'Avranches ( 1047 – 27 July 1101), nicknamed ''le Gros'' (the Large) or ''Lupus'' (the Wolf), was from 1071 the second Norman Earl of Chester and one of the great magnates of early Norman England.
Early life and career
Hugh d'Avra ...
, 1st
Earl of Chester, at what is now
Shotwick Park
Shotwick Park is a small settlement and former civil parish, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Located between the villages of Shotwick and Saughall, it is approximately north ...
and near the
River Dee, before the area succumbed to the effects of
silting. The
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
castle lay in ruins by the 17th century and now only the foundations remain.
Henry II left from Shotwick for Ireland and
Edward I
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...
used the port to leave for Wales in 1278.
The village, including part of the hamlet of Two Mills was within the
Wirral Hundred, with a population of 95 in 1801, 100 in 1851, 82 in 1901 and 70 in 1951.
It currently has a population of 120.
[''Chester Diocesan News'', December 2014]
Gallery
File:St. Michael's church, Shotwick - geograph.org.uk - 649501.jpg, St. Michael's church, Shotwick
File:Bench, Shotwick 1.JPG, Millennium bench
File:Shotwick 4.JPG, Cottage in Shotwick
See also
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Listed buildings in Shotwick
Shotwick is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Puddington, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 23 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is ...
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St Michael's Church, Shotwick
St Michael's Church is the Church of England parish church of Shotwick, Cheshire, England. It a Grade I listed building. It has a Norman doorway but most of the church is Gothic. Its furniture includes some ancient items. In the churchyard are ...
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Shotwick Hall
Shotwick Hall is a former manor house in the village of Shotwick, Cheshire, England. It replaced an earlier manor house that stood on a moated site some 150 metres to the west. The hall and four associated structures are listed buildings, a ...
References
External links
Villages in Cheshire
Former civil parishes in Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester
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