Frodsham
Frodsham is a market community, civil parish and electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester as well as the ceremonial area of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, boosting to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is roughly 3 miles (5 km) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Liverpool, and also 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast and on the west it ignores the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 roadway and also the Chester-- Manchester railway line go through the community, as well as the M56 freeway passes to the northwest. In medieval times Frodsham was a vital district as well as port coming from the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still shows evidence 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, as well as Frodsham's practicality as a trading centre was emphasised by the existence of the "big five" clearing financial institutions as well as numerous building societies, though the branches of HSBC and also NatWest have lately closed. Growth in the town's stores and properties with alcohol permits appears with the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food stores and public houses, as well as in the continued presence of little, specialist, organisations operating from town-centre stores.
