The following tables list the main events which happened in the History of Cheshire.
Dates | Events | Detail | References |
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70 | The Romans found the fortress and town of Deva Victrix, now Chester | Details | [1] |
410 | Romans retreat from Britannia | Details | [2] |
616 | Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats a Welsh army at the Battle of Chester | Details | [3] |
894-5 | King Alfred drives Danes from Chester | [4] | |
914 | Eddisbury hill fort constructed | Details | [5] |
973 | King Edgar of England visits Chester | Details | [6] |
1007 | Eadric Streona becomees the King's ealdorman of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire | Details | [7] |
1069 - 1071 | William I lead the Norman Conquest into Cheshire; beseiges Chester and kills Edwin, Earl of Mercia | ||
1070 | Hugh d'Avranches is created as first Earl of Chester | Details | [8] |
1182 | Cheshire land north of the Mersey become part of the new county of Lancashire | ||
1237 | 7th Earl, John, dies without a male heir in. King Henry IV passes the title to his son, Prince Edward - later to become King Edward I | Details | |
1261 | Macclesfield market created | [9] | |
1397 | The county has lands in the march of Wales added to its territory, and is promoted to the rank of principality | [10] | |
1642 | Attempt by local gentry to keep Cheshire neutral in the English Civil War fails | Details | [11] |
1655 | Cheshire under military rule and governed by Charles Worsley | [12] | |
1744 | Charles Roe builds a watermill in Macclesfield and triggers start of the silk industry | Details | |
1777 | Completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal | Details | [13] |
1837 | Crewe railway station is built in fields near to Crewe Hall | Details | [14] |
1857 | Cheshire Constabulary founded | Details | [15] |
1874 | John Brunner and Ludwig Mond found Brunner Mond in Winnington near Northwich and start manufacturing soda ash | Details | [16] |
1889 | Cheshire County Council founded | Details | |
1974 | Cheshire boundaries changed by Local Government Act 1972 | Details | [17] |
2009 | Two unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East replace Cheshire County Council and its districts | Details | [18] |
"In this year also was Edric appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians."
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The following tables list the main events which happened in the History of Cheshire.
Dates | Events | Detail | References |
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70 | The Romans found the fortress and town of Deva Victrix, now Chester | Details | [1] |
410 | Romans retreat from Britannia | Details | [2] |
616 | Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats a Welsh army at the Battle of Chester | Details | [3] |
894-5 | King Alfred drives Danes from Chester | [4] | |
914 | Eddisbury hill fort constructed | Details | [5] |
973 | King Edgar of England visits Chester | Details | [6] |
1007 | Eadric Streona becomees the King's ealdorman of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire | Details | [7] |
1069 - 1071 | William I lead the Norman Conquest into Cheshire; beseiges Chester and kills Edwin, Earl of Mercia | ||
1070 | Hugh d'Avranches is created as first Earl of Chester | Details | [8] |
1182 | Cheshire land north of the Mersey become part of the new county of Lancashire | ||
1237 | 7th Earl, John, dies without a male heir in. King Henry IV passes the title to his son, Prince Edward - later to become King Edward I | Details | |
1261 | Macclesfield market created | [9] | |
1397 | The county has lands in the march of Wales added to its territory, and is promoted to the rank of principality | [10] | |
1642 | Attempt by local gentry to keep Cheshire neutral in the English Civil War fails | Details | [11] |
1655 | Cheshire under military rule and governed by Charles Worsley | [12] | |
1744 | Charles Roe builds a watermill in Macclesfield and triggers start of the silk industry | Details | |
1777 | Completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal | Details | [13] |
1837 | Crewe railway station is built in fields near to Crewe Hall | Details | [14] |
1857 | Cheshire Constabulary founded | Details | [15] |
1874 | John Brunner and Ludwig Mond found Brunner Mond in Winnington near Northwich and start manufacturing soda ash | Details | [16] |
1889 | Cheshire County Council founded | Details | |
1974 | Cheshire boundaries changed by Local Government Act 1972 | Details | [17] |
2009 | Two unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East replace Cheshire County Council and its districts | Details | [18] |
"In this year also was Edric appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians."
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