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Principal Towns: Chester, Warrington, Knutsford, Stockport, Nantwich, Crewe, Macclesfield
A county in the North West of England Cheshire is mainly flat with a low ridge of sandstone hills leading North from Congleton with another ridge running from Malpas to Frodsham . The county is best known for its numerous small lakes and meres with its woods and parkland. Cheshire is part coastal overlooking the River Mersey which in turn is fed by the Rivers Bollin, Dee and the Weaver. This is a particularly fertile part of the North of England with numerous dairy farms and market gardens from where the local produce is sent to the nearby major cities of Liverpool and Manchester .
Such is the diversity of the industry within the County that coal and ironstone were worked in Macclesfield and Stockport whilst cotton and silk were also produced from mills that were established throughout the County. Shipbuilding along the banks of the River Mersey and salt was mined around Northwich and Nantwich , today there is a Salt Museum in Northwich to honour the economic contribution made by the slat mines.
The Romans had the largest influence in the region with their desire for good communication links and their need to control Wales, this they did with their fortification at Chester . Today along with the City Walls there are constant reminders of the Roman occupation with the remains of the amphitheatre, baths and other archaeological finds. A stroll along the streets of Chester will provide an insight into this former Roman stronghold and yet the City has integrated the old and the modern to such an extent that it is a popular tourist destination for visitors world wide.
After the Romans withdrew from Britain the Scandinavians invaded and despite their fearsome reputation as warriors they soon settled and began farming the land, clearing large areas of woodland to accommodate their needs.
By 1030 AD the area settled down to a period of great stability as it was under the guardianship of the grandson of Leofric of Mercia, part of the most powerful and influential family in England at that time.
The next period of Cheshire’s History was less peaceful with the Norman Conquest of 1066 AD. There was widespread confiscation of the lands by William I whole swathes of land were destroyed, villages razed to the ground, crops burnt, livestock slaughtered and people rendered landless, homeless and dispossessed. So total was this devastation that in 1086 the Domesday Survey recorded that most of the land in Cheshire was wasteland. Chester and Macclesfield were devastated however at Chester William rebuilt the castle and strengthened the walls adding further defences and making Chester one of the most heavily fortified cities in Britain at the time. From here William could control not just Chester but the whole of Cheshire and North Wales . Many new castles were built in the region at this time and indeed Beeston Castle today still remains as evidence of this troubled period in Cheshire’s history.
It would then take around two centuries for the area to recover, this is evidenced by the improvements in trade and commerce following the Conquest when many markets were established by Royal Charter throughout the region, in part made possible by new rights and freedoms which had been established by the Magna Carta. Around twenty-three official markets were known to exist in medieval Cheshire, but there were probably twice that number if unofficial markets are included.
This new period of prosperity and trade was again interrupted by the Civil War which again saw Cheshire being torn apart with peasants and aristocrats allying themselves with either the Parliamentarians of the Royalists. Eventually in 1664 England was placed under military rule and Cheshire became the responsibility of the infamous Charles Worsley who had a particular dislike of Royalists.
The 18th Century saw land and district reorganisations take place as industrialisation took place in many of the mill towns. Farm workers simply left and moved to the city abandoning their land which in turn was absorbed by the bigger estates so much so that 98% of the land in Cheshire was owned by 26% of the population at that time.
By the 19th Century Cheshire was a wealthy county it is estimated that there are more fine 18th and 19th century country houses in Cheshire than in any other English county.
Today Cheshire benefits from a mix of industrial and rural industries, salt mining, milk and cheese production as well as chemical and soap production. One part of Cheshire remains decidedly industrial with petro chemical works along the banks of the River Mersey, Ince Power Station and you cannot mention Cheshire without briefly mentioning Crewe where its wealth and success was born out of the railway industry and today is home to the Bentley motor car..
Rural Cheshire is today a pleasant and sought after location to live but it offers more than that to the millions of visitors who come every year to appreciate one of the most diverse counties in the United Kingdom where it is home to more millionaires than anywhere else in the country.
Destinations
Recommended Hotels See Map
- Alderley Edge Hotel Alderley Edge *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa Chester *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Mill Hotel & Spa Chester *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Mollington Banastre Chester *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Pheasant Inn Chester *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Rowton Poplars Hotel Chester *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Hunters Lodge Hotel Crewe *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Waverley Hotel Crewe *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Longview Hotel & Restaurant Knutsford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - The Cottage Knutsford *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Statham Lodge Hotel Lymm *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Rookery Hall Nantwich *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Soughton Hall Hotel & Stables Bar Restaurant Northop *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Nunsmere Hall Northwich *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Bridge Hotel Prestbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Bears Paw Sandbach *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Best Western Moorside Grange Hotel & Spa Stockport *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Rhinewood Country House Hotel Warrington *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Leasowe Castle Hotel Wirral *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Best Western Cresta Court Hotel Altrincham *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Frogg Manor Broxton *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Cheadle House Cheadle *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Manor Cheadle *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Village Hotel & Leisure Club Cheadle Cheadle *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant - Chester Grosvenor and Spa Chester *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Comfort Inn Chester Chester *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Express By Holiday Inn Chester Racecourse Chester *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Crewe Hall Crewe *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Jarvis Crewe Hotel Crewe *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Royal Hotel Crewe *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Wychwood Park Crewe *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Forest Hills Hotel Frodsham *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Britannia Hotel Hale *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Village Hotel & Leisure Club Hyde *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Mere Court Hotel Knutsford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Woodhey House Hotel Little Sutton *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant - Kinderton House Hotel Middlewich *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Alvaston Hall Hotel Nantwich *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant - Northop Hall Country House Hotel Northophall *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Satellite TV - White House Manor Prestbury *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Belmore Hotel Sale *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Chimney House Hotel Sandbach *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Belfry House Hotel Wilmslow *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Inglewood Hotel Wirral *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Restaurant
More Cheshire Hotels
Recommended Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Little Bollington B&B Altrincham *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Churton Heath Farm B&B Bruera *featured*
TV in rooms - Sandhollow Farm B&B Burwardsley *featured*
TV in rooms - Bawn Lodge Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Bowman Lodge Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Brookside Chester *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Buckingham House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Cheltenham Lodge Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Cheshire Cheese Cottage Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Chester Town House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Dene Hotel Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Glann Hotel Chester *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Historic, Parking - Green Gables Guest House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Grosvenor Place Guest House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Grove Villa Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Holly House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Kilmorey Lodge Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Kings Guest House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Laburnum House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Lavender Lodge Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Lloyds of Chester Chester *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Manderley Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Mitchells of Chester Chester *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Roseville Bed & Breakfast Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Stone Villa Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Strathearn Guest House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - The Mount Chester *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Walpole House Chester *featured*
TV in rooms - Coppice Edge Bed and Breakfast Congleton *featured*
TV in rooms - Sandhole Farm Congleton *featured*
TV in rooms - Balterley Green Farm Crewe *featured*
TV in rooms - Cottage Restaurant & Lodge Knutsford *featured*
TV in rooms - Rose Cottage Guest House Knutsford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Hinton Knutsford *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Common Barn Farm B & B and Cottages Macclesfield *featured*
TV in rooms - Grinzing Lodge Macclesfield *featured*
TV in rooms - Harrop Fold Farm Macclesfield *featured*
TV in rooms - Moorhayes House Macclesfield *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Penrose Guest House Macclesfield *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Hampton House Farm B&B Malpas *featured*
TV in rooms - Higher Farm Bed & Breakfast Malpas *featured*
TV in rooms - Manor Farm Malpas *featured*
TV in rooms - Millmoor Farm Holidays Malpas *featured*
TV in rooms - Oakland House Nantwich *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Primrose Cottage Nantwich *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Happy Guests Lodge Northwich *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Parkdale Guest House Northwich *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - The Red Lion Hartford Northwich *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Wall Hill Farm Guest House Northwich *featured*
TV in rooms - Poplar Mount Guest House Sandbach *featured*
TV in rooms, Parking, Disabled - Hill House Farm Tarporley *featured*
TV in rooms - New Farm Tarporley *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Newton Hall Tattenhall *featured*
TV in rooms - Happy Guests Lodge Warrington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Paddington House Hotel Warrington *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Villaggio Warrington *featured*
TV in rooms - The Kingsway Hotel Widnes *featured*
TV in rooms - New Farm Cheshire Winsford *featured*
TV in rooms - 21 Park House Wirral *featured*
TV in rooms
Bed and Breakfast bookable online See Map
- County Hotel Alderley Edge *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Welbeck House Hotel Ashton Under Lyne *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Alton Lodge Hotel Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled Facilities - Chester Court Hotel Chester *book online*
TV in rooms - Chester House Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Curzon Hotel Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Dene Hotel Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic - Dragonfly Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Garden Gate Guest House Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Higher Huxley Hall Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Shenley Lodge Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Westminster Hotel Chester *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic - Lamb Inn Congleton *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Old Hall Country House Crewe *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Barton Villa Dukinfield *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic - Peel Hey Country Guest House Frankby *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Historic, Parking - Chadwick House Hotel Macclesfield *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Holly Tree Farm Macclesfield *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Oakfield Lodge Stockport *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Historic, Parking - Kingsley Lodge Wilmslow *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking
More Cheshire B&Bs
Pubs & Inns
- The Church House Inn Bollington *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Pheasant Inn Burwardsley *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Pymgate Lodge Cheadle *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - George & Dragon Chester *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - George and Dragon Chester *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Pied Bull Hotel Chester *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Stafford Hotel Chester *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Ye Olde Kings Head Chester *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lion and Swan Hotel Congleton *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Egerton Arms Country Inn Congleton *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Alvanley Arms Cotebrook *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Crewe Arms Crewe *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Crewe Arms Hotel Crewe *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - White Lion Inn Crewe *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Dog Inn Knutsford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Golden Pheasant Hotel Knutsford *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Cat & Fiddle Macclesfield *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Stanley Arms Macclesfield *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Cholmondeley Arms Malpas *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Boars Head Hotel Middlewich *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Swan Inn Nantwich *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Dog Inn Over Peover *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Rock Tavern Stockport *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Tollemache Arms Tarporley *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - George & Dragon Tarvin *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Imperial Hotel Warrington *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Patten Arms Hotel Warrington *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Kings Arms Wilmslow *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Royles Apartments Alderley Edge *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Wizards Thatch Luxury Suite Alderley Edge *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Quality Lets Cheadle *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Chester Walls View Chester *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Kingswood Coach House Chester *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lane Cottages Chester *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - No.1 Earls Villas Chester *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Racecourse Penthouse Chester *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Kings at the Queen Chester *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Wharton Lock Apartment Chester *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Wharton Lock Apartment Chester *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Acre Hill Barn Congleton *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cottages in Cheshire Countywide *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Earle House Serviced Apartments Crewe *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Higher Ingersley Barn Macclesfield *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lowe Street Mews Macclesfield *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Strawberry Duck Cottage Macclesfield *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cholmondeley Castle Malpas *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Granary Nantwich *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Byre Tarporley *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Thornton Manor Wirral *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards