Frodsham
Frodsham is a market community, civil parish as well as electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester and the ceremonial region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, boosting to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 km) south of Liverpool, as well as 28 miles (45 kilometres) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver goes to its northeast as well as on the west it ignores the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 road as well as the Chester-- Manchester railway line go through the community, and also the M56 motorway passes to the northwest. In middle ages times Frodsham was an essential district and also port belonging to the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still displays evidence of a structure existing in the 12th century in its nave as well as is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, as well as Frodsham's viability as a trading centre was stressed by the existence of the "big five" removing financial institutions as well as a number of building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have just recently shut. Advancement in the community's stores and also facilities with alcohol permits appears with the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food stores and also hostelries, as well as in the proceeded visibility of small, specialised, businesses running from town-centre shops.
