Frodsham
Frodsham is a market town, civil parish and also selecting ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester and also the ceremonial area of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is around 3 miles (5 km) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Liverpool, and also 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver goes to its northeast as well as on the west it neglects the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester-- Manchester railway line pass through the community, and the M56 motorway passes to the northwest. In medieval times Frodsham was an essential borough and 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 also is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, as well as Frodsham's stability as a trading centre was emphasised by the visibility of the "big five" clearing financial institutions and also a number of building societies, though the branches of HSBC and also NatWest have just recently shut. Development in the community's shops as well as properties with alcohol licences appears with the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops as well as pubs, and also in the continued presence of small, specialist, companies running from town-centre stores.
