Frodsham is a market community, 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, boosting to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is about 3 miles (5 kilometres) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 km) south of Liverpool, as well as 28 miles (45 kilometres) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast as well as on the west it ignores the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 roadway and the Chester-- Manchester railway line pass through the town, and the M56 freeway passes to the northwest. In medieval times Frodsham was an important district as well as port coming from the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still displays proof 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, and Frodsham's feasibility as a trading centre was stressed by the visibility of the "big five" getting rid of banks as well as a number of building societies, though the branches of HSBC and NatWest have actually recently shut. Advancement in the community's stores and also facilities with alcohol permits is evident with the current (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops as well as public houses, and also in the continued presence of tiny, specialist, services operating from town-centre shops.