Cheshire

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Cheshire is a county in the West central region of England. It has a population of approximately 950,000 and covers 901 square miles (2,334 sq km) . The county seat is Chester.

In Cheshire there are the popular towns of Macclesfield, Weaverham, Barton, Chester and Crewe.

Geography

The countryside is generally low, flat, and fertile. The main rivers are the Mersey and the Dee, which forms the boundary between Cheshire and Wales. The Wirral peninsula divides the estuaries of the two rivers. The main poluation centres are Alderley Edge, Chester, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Northwich, Runcorn, Stockport, Warrington, Widnes or Wilmslow.

Industry

The county is important agriculturally and industrially. It engages extensively in dairy farming and grows potatoes and wheat. Chief industries are engineering, salt mining, shipbuilding, oil refining, and the manufacture of railroad cars, textiles, textile machinery, soap, paper, and chemicals. The principal industrial centres include Northwich, Crewe, and Macclesfield.

History

Cheshire was created a palatinate by King William I (William the Conqueror) and enjoyed some of its privileges until 1830. In the last century the population of the county greatly increased with the industrialization and development of the Wirral peninsula and the part of Cheshire just South of Manchester, which has grown a great deal over the last 50 years.

Place of Interest

Adlington Hall, Anderton Boat Lift, Arley Hall, Ashton Canal, Beeston Castle, Bickerton Hill, Bridgewater Canal, Bunbury Mill, Capesthorne Hall, Catalyst Science Museum, Chester Cathedral, Chester Walls, Chester Zoo, Cholmondeley Castle, Dane, Delamere Forest, Doddington Park, Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, Elton Hall, Gawsworth Hall, Great Sutton, Grosvenor Museum, Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Hare Hill, Helsby Hill, Holt Castle, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Lamaload Reservoir, Lion Salt Works, Little Moreton Hall, Lyme Park, Macclesfield Canal, Macclesfield Forest, Mersey Forest, Moss Hall, Ness Botanic Gardens, Nether Alderley Mill, Northwich Community, Norton Priory, Parkgate, Peak Forest Canal, Peckforton Castle, Peckforton Hills, Peover Hall, Pick Mere, Pickmere, Quarry Bank Mill, River Bollin, River Dee, River Gowy, River Goyt, River Weaver, Rochdale Canal, Salt Museum, Sandbach Crosses, Shakerley Mere, Shining Tor, Shropshire Union Canal, Shutlingsloe, Stretton Mill, Swettenham Meadows, Tabley House, Tatton Park, Tegg's Nose Country Park, The Bridestones, The Edge, Trent and Mersey Canal, Wardle Canal, Winsford Flashes Woodlands.