Frodsham is a market community, civil parish and electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester as well as the ceremonial region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, raising to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is approximately 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 and on the west it neglects the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester-- Manchester railway line go through the community, and the M56 freeway passes to the northwest. In medieval times Frodsham was a vital borough as well as port coming from the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still displays proof of a building existing in the 12th century in its nave and is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, and also Frodsham's practicality as a trading centre was stressed by the visibility of the "big five" removing financial institutions and a number of building societies, though the branches of HSBC and also NatWest have actually lately shut. Advancement in the community's stores and also premises with alcohol permits is evident through the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops as well as public houses, as well as in the proceeded existence of small, specialist, companies operating from town-centre stores.