Frodsham is a market town, civil parish as well as 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, enhancing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is around 3 miles (5 kilometres) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Liverpool, and also 28 miles (45 kilometres) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast and on the west it forgets the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 road and also the Chester-- Manchester railway line travel through the community, and the M56 motorway passes to the northwest. In middle ages times Frodsham was an important borough and port coming from the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still shows proof of a structure 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 presence of the "big five" clearing financial institutions and also several building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have actually just recently closed. Development in the town's stores and also premises with alcohol permits is evident with the current (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food stores and also hostelries, and also in the continued visibility of tiny, specialist, businesses running from town-centre shops.