Frodsham is a market town, civil parish and selecting ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and also the ceremonial region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Liverpool, as well as 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver goes to its northeast and on the west it overlooks the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 roadway and the Chester-- Manchester railway line travel through the community, and the M56 freeway passes to the northwest. In middle ages times Frodsham was an important district and also port belonging to the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still exhibits 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, and Frodsham's feasibility as a trading centre was emphasised by the visibility of the "big five" removing financial institutions and also numerous building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have recently closed. Advancement in the town's shops and also premises with alcohol licences appears through the current (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food stores and also pubs, and in the proceeded existence of little, specialist, companies operating from town-centre shops.
