Frodsham
Frodsham is a market town, civil parish as well as selecting ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester as well as the ritualistic region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, enhancing 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 ignores the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester-- Manchester railway line travel through the community, and the M56 motorway passes to the northwest. In middle ages times Frodsham was a crucial borough and also port coming from the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still displays proof of a building present in the 12th century in its nave and also is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, and also Frodsham's viability as a trading centre was stressed by the visibility of the "big five" removing financial institutions as well as a number of building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have lately closed. Growth in the town's stores and premises with alcohol permits is evident via the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops as well as hostelries, as well as in the continued presence of small, specialist, services running from town-centre stores.
