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Cheshire Leasing

Did You Know?

Cheshire is a county in northwest England, known for its rural villages of half-timber and local red sandstone buildings and for its Industrial Revolution heritage, with links to neighbouring Manchester and Liverpool. 

The county is famous for the production of Cheshire cheese, salt and silk. The county has seen a number of inventions and firsts in its history. A mainly rural county, it has a high concentration of villages. Agriculture is generally based on the dairy trade, and cattle are the predominant livestock.

Cheshire name was originally derived from an early name for Chester, and was first recorded as Legeceasterscir in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, meaning the shire of the city of legions. Although the name first appears in 980, it is thought that the county was created by Edward the Elder around 920.

Chester is the best preserved walled city in England. Its grade I listed walls originate from 100 AD and form an almost complete circuit around the city. With a total walkway length of 1.8 miles there is only a small 100-metre section which is no longer intact.

s of April 2021, the most expensive street in Cheshire was Whitebarn Road in Alderley Edge, with an average property value of £3,075,861. Kingsland Grange in Warrington was the second most expensive street in the county, with an average property value of £2,825,162.

The Cheshire County flag design incorporates three golden wheatsheaves and a golden sword on blue. This is the banner of arms granted in 1938 to the former County Council. The golden wheatsheaves on blue are a symbol linked since the late twelfth century to the earldom of Chester.

The Cat and Fiddle is a road in England between Buxton, Derbyshire and Macclesfield, Cheshire, named after the Cat and Fiddle Inn public house at its summit.

During the reigns of King Alfred and his son, Edward the Elder, the Vikings invaded Cheshire. The Norse came from the west from their bases in Ireland and the Isle of Man, whilst the Danes attacked from the east.

In 1930 the city extended its boundaries far to the south beyond the River Mersey, to annex 9 square miles (23 square km) of the northern portion of the former administrative county of Cheshire. Two large metropolitan boroughs adjoin the city of Manchester on the west and southwest: Salford and Trafford.

Most of what is now the modern county of Cheshire formed part of the Welsh kingdom of Powys, ruled by the descendants of Cadell, while its north-eastern borders met with those of Elmet and the emerging Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

This is the Packhorse Bridge over the River Dane at Three Shires Head, where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire all meet. The spot was also a well-known meeting point for illegal prize-fighting, where the protagonists and crowd could hot-foot it over the appropriate county border when challenged by officials of other counties!

Cheshire played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution. It was home to industries such as textiles, silk weaving, and coal mining. The people here definitely worked for their money – and it’s these physical efforts that have helped to keep the north of England afloat.