Timeline of Cheshire history

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

1–500 AD[edit]

Model of Deva Victrix

7th century[edit]

9th century[edit]

St Werburgh

10th century[edit]

Eddisbury hill fort

11th century[edit]

Chester Castle

12th century[edit]

Remains of Norton Priory

13th century[edit]

Beeston Castle

14th century[edit]

15th century[edit]

16th century[edit]

Little Moreton Hall
Churche's Mansion, Nantwich

17th century[edit]

Crewe Hall

18th century[edit]

Bridgewater Canal in Worsley

19th century[edit]

Anderton Boat Lift

20th century[edit]

Cheshire School of Agriculture

21st century[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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  4. ^ Ward 2009, p. 23.
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  12. ^ Bu'Lock, pp. 51–52, 59
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  16. ^ a b Bu'Lock, pp. 75–76
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  26. ^ a b Bu'Lock, p. 56
  27. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1007:

    "In this year also was Edric appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians."

  28. ^ Bu'Lock, p. 57
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  38. ^ a b c Ward 2009, p. 55.
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  44. ^ Ward 2009, p. 40.
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  47. ^ a b c d Driver 1971, p. 50
  48. ^ Ward 2009, p. 41.
  49. ^ Ward 2009, p. 38.
  50. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 56.
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  57. ^ Ward 2009, p. 42.
  58. ^ Driver 1971, p. 54.
  59. ^ Driver 1971, pp. 8–9
  60. ^ Driver 1971, pp. 9–10
  61. ^ Driver 1971, p. 140
  62. ^ Driver 1971, pp. 39–40, 106
  63. ^ Driver 1971, p. 117
  64. ^ Driver 1971, p. 17
  65. ^ Driver 1971, pp. 17–18
  66. ^ Driver 1971, p. 43
  67. ^ a b Driver 1971, p. 31
  68. ^ a b Driver 1971, p. 145
  69. ^ Driver 1971, p. 44
  70. ^ Driver 1971, pp. 28–29
  71. ^ Driver 1971, pp. 149–50
  72. ^ Starkey 1990, pp. 38–39.
  73. ^ a b Ward 2009, p. 58.
  74. ^ Lysons, Daniel (1810). Magna Britannia: pt. 2. The county palatine of Chester. p. 572.
  75. ^ Driver 1971, p. 41
  76. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 15.
  77. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 60.
  78. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 52.
  79. ^ Lake 1983, p. 67.
  80. ^ Beck 1969, p. 75–76.
  81. ^ Lake 1983, pp. 71–90.
  82. ^ Lysons. Magna Britannia: pt. 2. p. 577.
  83. ^ Beck 1969, p. 33.
  84. ^ Historic England. "Crewe Hall (1138666)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  85. ^ a b c Sylvester 1980, p. 83.
  86. ^ "Civil War". National Archives. Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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  91. ^ Ward 2009, p. 69.
  92. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 69.
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  98. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 95.
  99. ^ Ward 2009, p. 82.
  100. ^ "The Cheshire Hunt". The Cheshire Hunt website. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  101. ^ Starkey 1990, p. 126.
  102. ^ "Trent and Mersey Canal". Cannock Chase District Council. Retrieved 22 May 2010.[permanent dead link]
  103. ^ Ward 2009, p. 88.
  104. ^ a b c d Ward 2009, p. 79.
  105. ^ Sylvester 1980, p. 96.
  106. ^ Ward 2009, pp. 80–81.
  107. ^ a b Ward 2009, p. 89.
  108. ^ Starkey 1990, p. 130.
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  123. ^ Starkey 1990, p. 170.
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  134. ^ Starkey 1990, p. 218.
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References[edit]

  • Beck, J. (1969). Tudor Cheshire. A History of Cheshire, Vol. 7 (Series Editor: J.J. Bagley), Cheshire Community Council, ISBN 0-903119-02-1
  • Bu'Lock, J.D. (1972). Pre-Conquest Cheshire: 383–1066. A History of Cheshire, Vol. 3 (Series Editor: J.J. Bagley), Cheshire Community Council
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1910). "Cheshire" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 89–92.
  • Driver, J.T. (1971). Cheshire in the Later Middle Ages. A History of Cheshire, Vol. 6 (Series Editor: J.J. Bagley), Cheshire Community Council
  • Greene, J. Patrick (1989). Norton Priory: The archaeology of a medieval religious house. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33054-8.
  • Lake, J. (1983). The Great Fire of Nantwich. Shiva Publishing. ISBN 0-906812-57-7.
  • Local History Group, Latham FA. (ed.) (1999). Wrenbury and Marbury. The Local History Group. ISBN 0-9522284-5-9
  • Starkey, H. F. (1990). Old Runcorn. Halton: Halton Borough Council.
  • Sylvester, Dorothy (1980). A History of Cheshire (2nd ed.). London and Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-384-9.
  • Tigwell, RE. (1985). Cheshire in the Twentieth Century. A History of Cheshire, Vol. 12 (Series Editor: JJ Bagley), Cheshire Community Council, ISBN 0-903119-15-3
  • Ward, Simon (2009). Chester: A History. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 978-1-86077-499-7.

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