Ness is a village on the

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, in the part that remains in the ceremonial county of

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, England. It is situated near to the town of

Neston Neston is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is within the part of the Wirral Peninsula that belongs to the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The built up area (as defined by the Office for National Statistic ...

, in the unitary authority area of

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. It constitutes part of the Burton & Ness Ward of the district, with the

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having a total population of 1,620 in the 2001 Census. Local attraction

Ness Botanic Gardens Ness Botanic Gardens are at Ness, Cheshire in the Wirral Peninsula. This is near the cities of Liverpool and Chester and close to the English-Welsh border. They occupy a site of 64 acres overlooking the Dee Estuary. The Ness Botanic Gardens wer ...

opened in 1898 and is now administered by the

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's mistress,

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, was born in Ness. The Errington Baronetcy, of Ness in the County Palatine of Chester, was created in the

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on 26 June 1963 for the barrister and

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politician Eric Errington. The present holder of the title is the 3rd Baronet of Ness, Sir Robin Davenport Errington, Bt.

History

Ness was formerly a

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in the parish of Neston, in 1866 Ness became a separate

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, on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. In 1951 the parish had a population of 596. From 1974 to 2009 it was in

Ellesmere Port and Neston Ellesmere Port and Neston was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It covered the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula, namely that part which is not included in the Metropolitan Borou ...

district.

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Ness Botanic Gardens
Villages in Cheshire Former civil parishes in Cheshire Neston {{Cheshire-geo-stub

History

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