Walton
The village is recorded as early as the 12th century but grew from the purchasing of the estate by Greenalls, a local brewing family, when the hall, church and school were built along with many dwellings.
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Market Towns and Villages
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Warrington
Warrington has both pre-historic and Roman origins and developed during the middles ages. Bridge over the Mersey dates from 14th century.
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Warrington Town Centre
Warrington has pre-historic and Roman origins. Once the 'beer capital of Britain' because so much beer was once brewed here. Developed in the 18th and 19th centuries as a commercial and industrial town.
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Weaverham
A village mentioned in the Domesday Book with handsome late perpendicular St Marys church with 15th century tower.
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Widnes
Widnes - a collection of small villages with a ferry across the Mersey until 1845 when the world's first railway, canal and dock complex was completed there by the Runcorn Gap and St Helens Railway Company.
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Wildboarclough
The place where the last wild boar in England was killed. The village is now a quiet backwater, popular with visitors at all times of the year.
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Willaston
In 1305 the settlement was described at 'Wilaston' and derives from a personal element 'Wiglafs tun'. The settlement gave its name to the Hundred of Wilaveston or Wirral.
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Wincle
The sign on the Ship Inn, in this remote hamlet, sitting high up on the edge of the Peak District, depicts the 'Nimrod' - the vessel in which the local Sir Philip Brocklehurst accompanied Shackleton to the Antarctic.
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Winsford
Winsford grew as a town as a result of the salt industry. Dating from Saxon times. The town has transformed since the 1960s, due to the transformation of the town centre and is now a busy, modern town with traffic-free shopping.
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