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Winsford is a town and
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the unitary authority of
Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to l ...
and the ceremonial county of
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, England. It is on the
River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
, south of
Northwich Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane, east of Chester, south of Warrington and south of Ma ...
and west of
Middlewich Middlewich is a town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is located east of Chester, east of Winsford, south-east of Northwich and north-west of Sandbach. The population of the parish at the United Kingdom 2021 census, ...
. It grew around the
salt mining Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite Formation (geology), formations. History Before the advent of the moder ...
industry after the river was canalised in the 18th century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the
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on the
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. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 32,530 and the parish had a population of 33,547. Winsford is split into three areas:
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on the western side of the River Weaver, Wharton on the eastern side, and Swanlow and Dene.


History


Early origins

The name ''Winsford'' is of uncertain origin, but is thought to derive from a personal name Wain or Wynne and
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, referencing a crossing point of the
River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
.The History of Winsford
/ref> The Norman
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 ...
had a hunting lodge or summer palace at
Darnhall Darnhall is a civil parish and small village to the south west of Winsford in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It had a population of 232 at the 2011 Census. History The Norman Earls ...
in Over parish. There was an enclosed area where deer and wild boar were kept to be hunted by the Earl and his guests. King Henry III annexed the title and its lands, spending time at Darnhall. In 1270 at the behest of his son, Henry III gave the estate to the Cistercians, who built
Darnhall Abbey Darnhall Abbey was a late-thirteenth century Cistercian abbey at Darnhall, Cheshire, founded by Lord Edward (later King Edward I) sometime in the years around 1270. This was in thanks, so tells the Abbey's chronicler, for God saving him and his ...
in 1274. However, the land was not suitable for the grand scale of building envisaged, and the locals were not co-operative, so the monks left Darnhall to found
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in Whitegate in 1281. A charter to hold a Wednesday market and an annual fair at Over was granted on 24 November 1280 by
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to the Abbot and convent of Vale Royal Abbey. From this charter can be traced the origins of the market that is still held in the town.


Expansion

Winsford began to significantly expand after 1721, when Parliament gave permission for locks and other improvements on the
River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
to go ahead which allowed sea-going vessels to reach Winsford from the port of
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. At first, this was the closest that barges carrying
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from
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could get to the Potteries district of north
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. Locally produced salt was also transported to the Potteries, for use in the manufacture of salt-glazed stoneware. Finished ceramics from the Potteries were brought back to Winsford, for export through the
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. That trade ended in the 1780s when the
Trent and Mersey Canal The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middl ...
opened and carried the goods through
Middlewich Middlewich is a town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is located east of Chester, east of Winsford, south-east of Northwich and north-west of Sandbach. The population of the parish at the United Kingdom 2021 census, ...
, bypassing Winsford. The canalised River Weaver was the inspiration for the Duke of Bridgewater's canals and later the engineer for the
Weaver Navigation The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
, Edwin Leader Williams, designed and built the
Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West England, North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary at Eastham, Merseyside, Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it ...
. Railways came relatively early to Winsford, with the opening of Winsford station on the
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in 1837. In his guide to the line, published that year, Arthur Freeling wrote: "There is so little worth attention in this village, that it is not even noticed in Parliamentary Population Returns." From the 1830s, salt became important to Winsford, partly because the salt mines under
Northwich Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane, east of Chester, south of Warrington and south of Ma ...
had begun to collapse and another source of salt near the River Weaver was needed. A new source was discovered in Winsford, leading to the development of a salt industry along the course of the River Weaver, where many factories were established. As a result, a new town developed within of the old Borough of Over which had been focused on Delamere Street. Most of the early development took place on the other side of the river, with new housing, shops, pubs, chapels and a new church being built in the former hamlet of Wharton. Many of the buildings built in the 19th century were built using timber frame construction because of the risk of salt subsidence. Winsford Urban District Council came into being in 1894, administering the areas of Over and Wharton.


20th century

By the
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, employment in the salt trade had declined as one company took control of all the salt works and introduced methods of manufacture that needed much less labour.
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started in the 1930s and, by the 1950s three new housing estates had been built on both sides of the river to replace sub-standard homes. However, even in the 1960s, Winsford could be described as "one long line of mainly terraced houses from the station to Salterswall." The town experienced a major expansion in the late 1960s and 1970s, with its designation as an expanded town under the
Town Development Act 1952 The New Towns Acts were a series of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to found new settlements or to expand substantially existing ones, to establish Development Corporations to deliver them, and to create a Commission to wind up the C ...
to take excess 'overspill' population from Liverpool. This saw the development of two new industrial areas on both sides of the town, new estates of council and private housing and a new shopping centre with a library, sports centre, civic hall and doctors' surgeries. However, the town's population did not grow as much as planned, so the new civic buildings were too large for the population.
Vale Royal Vale Royal was, from 1974 to 2009, a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It contained the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham. History The ...
Borough Council was formed in 1974, covering Winsford, Northwich and a large rural area of mid-Cheshire. In 1991, the council moved its main office from Northwich to a purpose-built headquarters in Winsford, which since April 2009 has been used by its successor authority
Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority for Cheshire West and Chester, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council w ...
. The same building also houses
Winsford Town Council Winsford Town Council is the lowest tier of the local government of Winsford, Cheshire and the direct successor of the old Manor Court of the Mayors of " Over" dating back to around 1280. Although the title of Town Mayor has only been in existen ...
. Since then, bot
Cheshire Fire Service
(in 1997) an
Cheshire Police
(in 2003) have moved headquarters from the county town of
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
to Winsford.


Governance

There are two tiers of local government covering Winsford, at
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(town) and
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level:
Winsford Town Council Winsford Town Council is the lowest tier of the local government of Winsford, Cheshire and the direct successor of the old Manor Court of the Mayors of " Over" dating back to around 1280. Although the title of Town Mayor has only been in existen ...
and
Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority for Cheshire West and Chester, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council w ...
. Both councils have offices at Wyvern House on The Drumber. For national elections, Winsford is part of the
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constituency.


Administrative history

The settlement of Winsford historically straddled two
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. The part east of the River Weaver was in the Wharton township, which formed part of the parish of
Davenham Davenham (; ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is part of the Cheshire West and Chester, Borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It had a population of 2,745 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 201 ...
. The part west of the River Weaver was in the Over township and parish. In 1875, a
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called Winsford was created, administered by an elected local board. The district covered the combined area of the Over and Wharton townships. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the
Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The act followed the reforms carried out at county leve ...
. In 1936, the civil parishes within the district were also united into a single parish of Winsford matching the urban district, and there were various adjustments to the boundaries with neighbouring parishes. Winsford Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
. The area became part of the new district (borough after 1988) of
Vale Royal Vale Royal was, from 1974 to 2009, a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It contained the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham. History The ...
. A
successor parish Successor parishes are Civil parishes in England, civil parishes with a parish councils in England, parish council, created in England in 1974. They replaced, with the same boundaries, a selected group of Urban district (England and Wales), urban d ...
called Winsford covering the area of the former urban district was created, with its parish council taking the name Winsford Town Council. In 2009, Cheshire West and Chester Council was created, taking over the functions of the borough council and
Cheshire County Council Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities: Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. ...
, which were both abolished.


Geography

A small area in the south of the civil parish falls within the Weaver Valley Area of Special County Value.


Weather

Winsford's climate is
temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...
with few extremes. The average temperature is slightly above the average for the United Kingdom, as is the average amount of sunshine. The average annual rainfall is slightly below the average for the United Kingdom. On an annual basis, there are few days when snow lies on the ground, although there are some days of air frost.


Economy


Rock salt

The United Kingdom's largest rock salt (halite) mine is in
Winsford Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the River Weaver, south of Northwich and west of Middlewich. It grew around the salt mining indus ...
. It is one of only three places where rock salt is commercially mined in the United Kingdom; the others are at
Boulby Mine The Boulby Mine is an underground mining operation with surface facilities located just south-east of the village of Boulby, on the north-east coast of the North York Moors, east of Loftus, North Yorkshire. It is operated by Cleveland Potash L ...
, North Yorkshire, and
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, near
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, Northern Ireland. Rock salt was laid down in this part of
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220 million years ago, during the
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geological period. Sea water moved inland from an open sea, creating a chain of shallow salt lakes across what is today the
Cheshire Basin The Cheshire Basin is a late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary basin extending under most of the county of Cheshire in northwest England. It extends northwards into the Manchester area and south into Shropshire. The basin possesses something of ...
. As the lakes evaporated, deep deposits of rock salt were formed. Extraction began at Winsford in the 17th century. At first it was used only as
salt lick A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that far ...
s for animals, and to strengthen weak
brine Brine (or briny water) is a high-concentration solution of salt (typically sodium chloride or calcium chloride) in water. In diverse contexts, ''brine'' may refer to the salt solutions ranging from about 3.5% (a typical concentration of seawat ...
. In 1844, Winsford Rock Salt Mine was opened and is claimed by its operator, Salt Union Ltd., to be "Britain's oldest working mine". Salt Union Ltd. is part of the US-owned group of companies
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. Today, rock salt is quarried from a depth of more than 150 metres, producing salt (commonly known as ''grit'') for use as a de-icing agent on roads. The mine produces one million tonnes of rock salt annually and has a network of over of tunnels over several square miles underneath the area between Winsford and Northwich. A worked-out part of the mine is operated by DeepStore Ltd., a records management company offering a secure storage facility. Confidential government files, hospital patient records, historic archives belonging to
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and business data are stored in the mine, where the dry and stable atmosphere provides ideal conditions for long-term document storage.


Retail

Supermarkets
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and
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are sited in the town centre,
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,
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and
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are in Wharton and
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is in Over. There are branches of various national chain stores. The shopping centre is a 1970s design, with retail units and a multi-storey car park subsequently added. In 2018, Winsford Cross Shopping Centre was bought by Cheshire West and Chester Council for approximately £20 million. The
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has traditionally been manufactured in the town and sells to packaging businesses, as well as retail and post offices.


Infrastructure

BT have a large employment base in the town. The Winsford
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is a main handover point and provides fibre broadband services to Winsford, Moulton, Whitegate,
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, Middlewich,
Sandbach Sandbach (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East borough of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Cheshire, Wheelock. At the 2021 United Kingd ...
,
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, Lower Withington and
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. It also provides the main critical national infrastructure circuits to
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HQ, plus hospitals in
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,
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, Chester,
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and Halton, as well as numerous telephone masts, schools and doctors' surgeries across Cheshire. The National Grid also have a main transmission station on Winsford Industrial Estate, which provides power to approximately 25,000 homes across the Winsford and Middlewich area. An aqueduct maintained by
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runs from
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, near
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, to the outskirts of Winsford, where a large pumping station on Woodford Lane West provides water to Winsford, Middlewich and southern Northwich.


Landmarks


St Chad's Church

St Chad's Church, off Swanlow Lane, is the most well-known local historical landmark. One of the most popular local stories is that it was built in Over Square, but the devil was so angry at the people's use of it that he decided to fly off with it. The monks at
Vale Royal Abbey Vale Royal Abbey is a former England in the Middle Ages, medieval abbey and later country house in Whitegate, Cheshire, Whitegate, England. The precise location and boundaries of the abbey are difficult to determine in today's landscape. The o ...
were said to have seen him and rung the abbey bells so that it was dropped at its current location. In fact, its location is probably due to it having always belonged, along with its
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s, to St Mary's Convent in
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
. The church is a designated Grade II*
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Stone (or 'Saxon') Cross

By St John's Church of England Primary School, on Delamere Street, is a rare (possibly unique) lock-up/monument built in the 19th century. The building is in the form of a stepped pyramid surmounted by a cross. The door to the lock-up is still visible, but was blocked up in the 1970s. Many fictional tales of buried treasure and secret passages are told about the cross. The nearby street name of ''Saxon Crossway'' was invented by the Borough Council in the 1960s. The real Saxon cross is preserved at St Chad's Church.


Winsford Flashes

The Winsford Flashes are the town's most notable geographical feature. In referring to them as the ''Cheshire Broads'', a comparison is made with the better-known
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. "Flash" is an English dialect word for "lake", with a regional distribution centred on the north-west counties of
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and
Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
. The Winsford Flashes (Top Flash, Middle Flash and Bottom Flash, the largest) are three lakes along the course of the
River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
, extending over some 200 acres (80 hectares). They formed in the 19th century (cartographical evidence dates their formation to between 1845 and 1872), due to the subsidence of surface ground into underground voids. The voids were largely the result of brine extraction, in which rock salt deposits were dissolved and washed out by water. As the ground slumped into the voids, the
River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included ...
widened at each point, until lakes were made where arable land had once been. From the late 19th century, Winsford Flashes became popular with working class day-trippers from the nearby industrial centres of
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and the
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. Visitors came in large numbers for a day's leisure boating, picknicking and sightseeing. However, the Winsford Flashes were never developed as a public amenity and their popularity soon fell into decline. Today, they are primarily enjoyed by the local community and are used for sailing (Winsford Flash Sailing Club is based on the 90 acre (35 hectare) Bottom Flash), fishing and walking. They support a wide range of wildlife, with several species of migrant wildfowl, such as
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, using them as a winter destination.


Other landmarks

St John's Church, on Delamere Street, dates from 1863 when Lord Delamere of Vale Royal commissioned the young
Sandiway Sandiway is a village in the civil parish of Cuddington, Vale Royal, Cuddington, Cheshire, England. It lies to the southeast of and is contiguous with the village of Cuddington. Sandiway was the birthplace of John Douglas (English architect), ...
architect John Douglas to build it as a memorial to his deceased wife. This is the tallest building on the highest part of Over, so the spire can be seen for miles around. The Brunner Guildhall, which now houses the
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, was built in the late 19th century. It is a two-storey building built in Flemish Gothic style and carries the date 1899. It was built by Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, who gave it to Winsford Urban District Council, to be used for Trade and Friendly Societies and other public purposes. It was given its name by the chairman of the council in recognition of Brunner's generosity. Parts of the Knights Grange pub, Grange Lane, which was once a farmhouse and belonged to
Vale Royal Abbey Vale Royal Abbey is a former England in the Middle Ages, medieval abbey and later country house in Whitegate, Cheshire, Whitegate, England. The precise location and boundaries of the abbey are difficult to determine in today's landscape. The o ...
, were built in the 17th century. Littler Grange, now a children's nursery, is the best remaining half-timber building in Winsford, including sloping floors on part of the first floor. Dawk House, on Swanlow Lane, is a largely unaltered timber-framed farmhouse, covered in white
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probably during the reign of Queen Anne, including the date 1711. Blue Bell Inn, by St Chad's Church, is also a children's nursery; it is an exact replica of a medieval building that burned down in the 1960s.


Transport

Winsford railway station Winsford railway station serves the town of Winsford, in Cheshire, England. It is a stop on the West Coast Main Line, sited north of . History The station was opened in 1837 on the Grand Junction Railway. There have been two serious rail co ...
is a stop on the
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; it is sited one mile (1.5 km) east of the centre of the town in Wharton.
London Northwestern Railway West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a British train operating company. It operates passenger trains on the Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain, West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trading names: within t ...
operates services between and At one time, the town had two other railway stations: Winsford and Over, on a
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from the
Mid-Cheshire Line The Mid-Cheshire line is a railway line in the north-west of England that runs from Chester railway station, Chester to Edgeley Junction in Stockport; it connects Chester with , via . After Chester Northgate railway station, Chester Northgate ...
near Cuddington, and Over and Wharton, on the Over and Wharton branch line. Winsford was the location of a fatal railway accident in 1948 and a further, non-fatal, accident in 1999. The town is served predominately by two bus routes connecting Crewe and Northwich; the 31 and 37 are operated by
D&G Bus D&G Bus is a bus operator based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It operates local and interurban bus services in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. D&G Bus is the largest bus operator in Cheshire ...
. The W7 connects many parts of the town with Over, operated by
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. The
M6 motorway The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 motorway, M1 and the western end of t ...
at junction 18 at Middlewich is the nearest motorway link, with the A54 connecting the town to it. The nearest airports are
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and
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.


Education

Fourteen schools in Winsford work together as part of the Winsford Education Partnership where they share resources and co-ordinate planning.


Primary schools

* Darnhall Primary School Current pupils on school roll – 333 * Grange Primary School Current pupils on school roll – 238 * Oak View Academy Current pupils on school roll – 178 * Winsford High Street Community Primary School Current pupils on school roll – 297 * Overhall Primary School Current pupils on school roll – 203 * St. Chad's C of E Primary School Current pupils on school roll – 185 * St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School – 276 * Wharton CofE Infant and Junior School Current pupils on school roll – 604 * Willow Wood Community Primary School Current pupils on school roll – 206 * Over St Johns CofE Primary School – 136


Secondary schools

*
The Winsford Academy The Winsford Academy (simply referred to as Winsford Academy and formerly The Winsford E-ACT Academy) is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Winsford, Cheshire, England. It was established in September 2010 following the a ...
; established via the amalgamation of Verdin High School and Woodford Lodge High School in September 2010 * Hebden Green Community School * Oaklands School


Colleges

*
Warrington and Vale Royal College Warrington and Vale Royal College, previously known as Warrington Collegiate, is a vocational learning provider in Warrington and Winsford, Cheshire for people aged 16–19, as well as courses aimed at adult learners. The college mainly offers voca ...


Religious sites

All the following churches in Winsford are members of the ''Winsford Churches Together'', which includes: * Christ Church, Wharton, Crook Lane * St Andrew's Methodist Church, Dingle Lane *
St Chad's Church, Over St Chad's Church, Over, is in the town of Winsford, Cheshire, England. It was formerly in the separate town of Over, but with the growth of Winsford it has become part of that town. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for Engla ...
, off Swanlow Lane *
St John the Evangelist's Church, Winsford St John the Evangelist's Church is in Over, Winsford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Ch ...
, Delamere Street * St Joseph's Catholic Church, Woodford Lane *
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, Weaver Street * Trinity Methodist Church, Station Road * Over United Reformed Church, Over Square, Swanlow Lane * River of Life Church, Queens Parade * Living Waters Christian Fellowship, Dingle Centre and Queen's Parade.


Sport and recreation

The town has a non-league
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team,
Winsford United Winsford United Football Club are a football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883, they're nicknamed ''The Blues'' and their home ground is ''Barton Stadium''. Their all-time top scorer is Perry Plowman with 25 ...
, which plays in the
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Premier Division. The ''Blues'', after the colour of their shirts, play at Barton Stadium.
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once played for the club. In March 2019, Winsford was chosen for the site of the £70m Cheshire FA Centre of Excellence, which will be the new home of the
England Women's Football Team The England women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, has been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). England played its first interna ...
. It will also act as a training base for European teams playing in Liverpool and Manchester. The development was delayed by the
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in April 2020. In October 2020, the Prime Minister
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gave his support for the development to go ahead; planning applications are expected to be submitted to Cheshire West and Chester Council in spring 2021, with a possible opening date of 2023. Winsford ASC is a swimming club which has achieved Swim21 club status and won the North West Division 1 Speedo league. It has now been promoted to the premier league. Vale Royal Athletic Club is based mainly in Northwich and Winsford, with several international athletes training with them. This club was created in its present form by the merger, in 1994, of the Mid Cheshire Athletic Club and Winsford Athletic Club. The youth football teams are Winsford Junior Blues, Winsford Over 3 and Winsford Diamonds. Winsford Cricket Club play in the Meller Braggins Cheshire Cricket League, which forms part of the Cheshire pyramid. Winsford have had a cricket team since 1888 when the team was founded by ICI workers and played at the Dingle, next to the Palace Picture House (now Palace Bingo). In 1991, Winsford moved to Knights Grange to allow the Council to build their new offices (Wyvern House).
Allotment gardens An allotment (British English), is a plot of land made available for individual, non-commercial gardening for growing food plants, so forming a kitchen garden away from the residence of the user. Such plots are formed by subdividing a piece of ...
at Moss Bank in Over date from 1924, when William Stubbs of 'Leahlands', Swanlow Lane, sold a field behind High Street to Winsford Urban District Council, "for the purpose of the Allotments Act". The field, named on the 1846 Over Parish
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as ''Well Field'', had been farmed since at least the 17th century and its conversion to allotments secured its use for future generations. The site shrank in the 1960s and 1970s, with the building of housing and an electricity sub-station along Moss Bank, but the acquisition in 1970 of land adjacent to Over Recreation Ground brought it to its present size. In the late 1980s, a record-breaking pumpkin was grown on the allotments. Weighing in at 579 lb (263 kg), it held the national record for a time. The allotments, about 50 plots and 5 raised beds, are owned and managed by
Winsford Town Council Winsford Town Council is the lowest tier of the local government of Winsford, Cheshire and the direct successor of the old Manor Court of the Mayors of " Over" dating back to around 1280. Although the title of Town Mayor has only been in existen ...
. The plot-holders have their own organisation, ''Over Allotments and Leisure Gardeners' Association''. Lottery funding has enabled a programme of ongoing improvements since 2002; the most recent grant being in 2007 from the Awards for All scheme for £6,940. Winsford Flash Sailing Club is situated on Bottom Flash, the largest of the town's three flashes. The club was founded as Northwich Sailing Club in 1931 and moved to Winsford in 1934. The Brighton Belle pub was known as the ''Railway Inn'' until 1972, when a Pullman carriage from the
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train was added to function as a restaurant. Over the next 26 years, the carriage became a local landmark until it was removed in 1998 because the cost of refurbishment in situ was prohibitive.


Notable people

The following people were born or brought up in Winsford: * Robert Nixon, 18th-century so-called "prophet", reputedly born in Winsford * Sir
John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury (23 September 1872 – 3 May 1950) was a British economist and public servant. Bradbury was born in Crook Lane, Winsford, Cheshire, the son of John Bradbury and Sarah Cross. He was educated at Manch ...
(1872–1950), a British economist and public servant. *
Gertrude Maud Robinson Gertrude Maud Robinson (formerly Walsh) was an influential organic chemistry, organic chemist most famous for her work on plant pigments; the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis, which is named for her; her syntheses of fatty acids; and her synt ...
(1886–1954), organic chemist, worked on plant pigments * James Clarke (1894–1947), recipient of the
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in
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*
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(born 1957), Labour Party politician, educated at Verdin County Comprehensive School *
John Bishop John Bishop (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian, presenter, actor and former semi pro footballer. His first television appearance was in 2007 on the RTÉ topical-comedy show '' The Panel'', where he was a regular panelist until 20 ...
(born 1966), comedian, grew up partially in Winsford *
Clare Calbraith Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford, Cheshire, and raised in Liverpool and Cheshire, whose appearances include roles in ''Vera'', the ITV period drama series '' Home Fires'' and ''Downton Abbe ...
(born 1974), actress *
The Luka State The Luka State are an English indie rock band from Winsford, Cheshire, England. It comprises members Conrad Ellis, Sam Bell, Jake Barnabas, and Lewis Pusey. The band are signed to Thirty Tigers orldwide Career They were formed in 2012 by Con ...
(formed in 2012), British rock group


Sport

*
Tom Brittleton John Thomas Brittleton (23 April 1882 – 22 February 1955) was a professional footballer. He was one of the pioneers of the long throw-in. With a career spanning over 30 years, including 24 seasons in the Football League, he is the oldest pe ...
(1882–1955), footballer, played 516 games mainly for
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and 5 for
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* Jack Oakes (1905–1992), footballer, played 231 games mainly for
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* Stan Wood (1905–1967), footballer, played 256 games for
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*
Alan Oakes Alan Arthur Oakes (born 7 September 1942) is an English former footballer who holds Manchester City's all-time record for appearances. Oakes is a midfielder who, in total, played 776 matches in the Football League – the tenth-most in history ...
(born 1942), footballer and football manager; played 776 games including 562 for
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*
Glyn Pardoe Glyn Pardoe (1 June 1946 – 26 May 2020) was an English footballer who played for Manchester City between 1962 and 1974. He made his first-team debut against Birmingham City in April 1962. At nearly 16 years of age he became Manchester City's y ...
(1946–2020), footballer played 305 games for
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* Gareth Griffiths (born 1970), footballer played 364 games including 184 for
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* Simon Davies (born 1974), footballer played 210 games and 1 for
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* David Mannix (born 1985), retired footballer played 255 games *
Nicky Maynard Nicholas David Maynard (born 11 December 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career at Crewe Alexandra, following over a decade in the club's Academy, and scored on his senior debut in Apr ...
(born 1986), footballer played over 450 games * Daniel Fox (born 1986), footballer, born in Winsford played 457 games. *
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(born 1997), footballer who has played over 250 games, mainly for
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* Sandy MacIver (born 1998), football goalkeeper for
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in the US


Twin town

Winsford is twinned with: *
Deuil-la-Barre Deuil-la-Barre () is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the Department of Val-d'Oise and the arrondissement of Sarcelles. It is from the centre of Paris. Despite this proximity to the metropolis, Deuil has retained m ...
, France (since 1993).Town twinning links
/ref> Winsford also has an informal friendship link with: * Nieder-Eschbach, Germany, which is itself twinned with
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.


See also

*
Listed buildings in Winsford Winsford is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 26 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. The largest town in the parish is ...
* Rail accidents in Winsford (disambiguation) * Salt in Cheshire – a summary of Cheshire's salt industry.


References


Further reading

* * – a general introduction to the town's history. * – Mainly photographs with captions * – who fought in the First World War from the congregation of St Chad's and what happened to them. * – a fictional account of Winsford in the 20th century. * * – A list of all those who served in the First World War. * *


External links


Winsford Council

Winsford & District Historical Society
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