Frodsham
Frodsham is a market community, civil parish as well as electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester and also the ceremonial region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, raising to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is roughly 3 miles (5 kilometres) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 km) south of Liverpool, and also 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast and also on the west it neglects the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester-- Manchester railway line travel through the community, as well as the M56 motorway passes to the northwest. In middle ages times Frodsham was an essential borough and port belonging to the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still exhibits evidence of a structure present in the 12th century in its nave as well as is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, as well as Frodsham's viability as a trading centre was stressed by the visibility of the "big five" clearing financial institutions and numerous building societies, though the branches of HSBC as well as NatWest have actually recently closed. Growth in the town's shops and also facilities with alcohol permits is evident through the current (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food stores and pubs, and also in the continued existence of tiny, specialist, companies operating from town-centre shops.