Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Cheshire is a county in North West England. Its county town is the city of Chester. It borders Flintshire, Wrexham, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire. Cheshire's official title is the County of Chester. Cheshire is a contraction of "Chestershire". Some northern parts of the county are effectively suburbs of Manchester or Liverpool, and many of those who work in these cities commute from other parts of the county. Additionally, some towns traditionally part of Cheshire were made part of the new metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside in 1974. Table of contents 1 Districts and Boroughs in Cheshire 2 Famous products from Cheshire 3 Famous people from Cheshire 4 Towns and villages 5 Places of interest 6 Other Cheshires Districts and Boroughs in Cheshire Chester Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Neston Macclesfield Vale Royal Halton Famous products from Cheshire Cheshire cheese Famous people from Cheshire Lewis Carroll was born and raised here, hence the Cheshire cat. Writer Alan Garner Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell was brought up in the town of Knutsford, which she depicted in her book, Cranford. the singer Tim Burgess from the Charlatans. Towns and villages Acton, Alderley Edge, Alsager, Aldford, Astbury, Audlem Barton, Beeston, Bickerton, Bollington, Bucklow Hill, Bunbury, Burton (Willaston), Burton (Taporley) Chester, Congleton, Crewe Disley Elworth, Ellesmere Port Farndon, Frodsham Gawsworth, Great Budworth Hale Kelsall, Kerridge, Knutsford Langley, Ledsham, Lower Peover Macclesfield, Malpas, Marston, Middlewich, Mobberley Nantwich, Neston, Northwich Parkgate, Peckforton, Poynton, Prestbury,Runcorn Sandbach, Siddington, Stretton, Styal, Swettenham Tarporley, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Timbersbrook Warburton, Warrington,Warmingham, Weaverham, Willaston, Wilmslow, Widnes,Winsford, Wybunbury Places of interest Adlington Hall Arley Hall Capesthorne Hall Dunham Hall Elton Hall, Aldford Gawsworth Hall Holt Castle Lyme Hall, Lyme Park, one of the locations for BBC's Pride and Prejudice Little Moreton Hall Moss Hall, Audlem Peover Hall Tabley House Tatton Hall, Tatton Park Beeston Castle Cholmondley Castle Peckforton Castle Sandbach Crosses Watermills: Bunbury Mill, Nether Alderley Mill, Quarry Bank Mill Jodrell Bank Science Centre Ellesmere Port Boat Museum Lion Salt Works, Marston, an industrial museum Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, an industrial museum Macclesfield Forest Ness Botanic Gardens Tegg's Nose Country Park River Weaver, River Dee, River Dane, River Bollin, River Goyt Shropshire Union Canal Trent and Mersey Canal Anderton Boat Lift Biddulph Valley Way, a long distance footpath Other Cheshires Cheshire is also the name of places in the United States of America: Cheshire, Connecticut Cheshire, Massachusetts Cheshire, Ohio This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.