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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.

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