Frodsham
Frodsham is a market community, civil parish and also electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, enhancing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 km) south of Liverpool, and 28 miles (45 kilometres) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver goes to its northeast and also on the west it overlooks the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 roadway and the Chester-- Manchester railway line pass through the community, and the M56 freeway passes to the northwest. In middle ages times Frodsham was a vital borough and port belonging to the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still displays proof of a building present in the 12th century in its nave as well as is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, and Frodsham's viability as a trading centre was stressed by the visibility of the "big five" clearing banks and also a number of building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have lately shut. Growth in the town's stores and properties with alcohol licences appears via the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops and also hostelries, and in the proceeded presence of tiny, specialised, companies operating from town-centre shops.
