Plumbing in Frodsham

Frodsham

Frodsham is a market community, civil parish as well as electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester and also the ceremonial region of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is around 3 miles (5 km) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Liverpool, and 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast as well as on the west it neglects the tidewater of the River Mersey. The A56 roadway and the Chester-- Manchester railway line pass through the community, and also the M56 freeway passes to the northwest. In medieval times Frodsham was an important district and port belonging to the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still displays evidence of a building present in the 12th century in its nave and is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, as well as Frodsham's viability as a trading centre was stressed by the presence of the "big five" getting rid of banks and also numerous building societies, though the branches of HSBC as well as NatWest have just recently shut. Growth in the community's stores and also premises with alcohol licences is evident through the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops and hostelries, and also in the proceeded existence of small, specialised, companies running from town-centre stores.