Cheshire (comté)

Le Cheshire /ˈt͡ʃɛʃə(ɹ)/, anciennement appelé « comté de Chester » (County of Chester), est un comté en grande partie rural dans le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre. Son chef-lieu administratif est la ville de Chester, bien que Warrington soit la ville la plus peuplée du comté. Cheshire avoisine le Merseyside et Grand Manchester dans le nord, Derbyshire dans l’est et Shropshire et Staffordshire dans le sud. À l’ouest du comté se trouvent deux districts gallois, Flintshire et Wrexham. Le comté cérémonial a une superficie de 2 034 km2, mais à cause des lois anglaises concernant l’administration locale des autorités unitaires, Halton et Warrington ne font pas officiellement partie du Cheshire. L’urbanisation a peu touché la région, où l’agriculture reste une des principales sources de revenus. Le comté est connu pour le fromage du même nom, l’extraction du sel et la production de soie.

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Timeline of Cheshire history

The timeline of Cheshire history shows significant events in the history of the English county of Cheshire.

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Cheshire dialect

The Cheshire dialect is a Northern English dialect spoken in the county of Cheshire in North West England. It has similarities with the dialects of the surrounding counties of Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Derbyshire.

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Cheshire

Cheshire ( CHESH-ər, -⁠eer) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary. The largest settlement is Warrington. The county has an area of 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and had a population of 1,139,884 in 2024. The areas around the River Mersey in the north of the county are the most densely populated, with Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, and Ellesmere Port located on the river. The city of Chester lies in the west of the county, Crewe in the south, and Macclesfield in the east. For local government purposes Cheshire comprises four unitary authority areas: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington. The county historically included all of the Wirral Peninsula and parts of southern Greater Manchester and northern Derbyshire, but excluded Widnes and Warrington. The landscape of the county is dominated by the Cheshire Plain, an area of relatively flat land divided by the Mid-Cheshire Ridge. To the west, Cheshire contains the south of the Wirral Peninsula, and to the east the landscape rises to the Pennines, where the county contains part of the Peak District. The River Mersey runs through the north of Cheshire before broadening into its wide estuary; the River Dee forms part of the county's border with Wales, then fully enters England and flows through Chester before re-entering Wales upstream of its estuary. Red Triassic sandstone forms the bedrock of much of the county, and was used in the construction of many of its buildings.

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Wettenhall

Wettenhall is a village (at SJ624614) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3½ miles to the south west of Winsford and 6 miles to the north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the settlements of Chapel Green and Woodside. Nearby villages include Alpraham, Calveley, Cholmondeston, Church Minshull, Little Budworth and Tarporley. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 135, increasing to 192 at the 2011 Census.

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Little Budworth

Little Budworth is a civil parish and village between Winsford and Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 594. It is primarily known as the location of the Oulton Park motor racing circuit. The village is about 3 miles from Winsford and Tarporley, 14 miles to Chester City Centre, 8 miles to Northwich and 17 miles to Warrington with nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line set in rolling English countryside and forest.

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