Ellesmere Port and Neston
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Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston | |
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Shown within Cheshire | |
Geography | |
Status: | Borough |
Region: | North West England |
Admin. County: | Cheshire |
Area: - Total | Ranked 254th 88.41 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Ellesmere Port |
ONS code: | 13UE |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 284th 80,992 916 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.8% White |
Politics | |
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council http://www.ellesmereport-neston.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
Control: | Labour |
MP: | Andrew Miller |
Ellesmere Port and Neston is a local government district, borough and parliamentary constituency in Cheshire, England.
Its main town is Ellesmere Port, an industrial town on the Mersey. The rest of the district is partly rural and partly residential including small towns such as Neston and Parkgate.
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston urban districts.
History
Not mentioned in the Doomsday Book, Ellesmere Port used to be part of the parish of Eastham. The modern town came into existence after the creation of a canal by Thomas Telford in 1795 as part of a project to connect the rivers Severn, Mersey and Dee. The junction connecting the Mersey and Chester canals became known as Ellesmere Port.
External links
- Ellesmere Port Standard (http://www.ellesmereportstandard.co.uk/) - Local Newspaper
- The Boat Museum (http://www.boatmuseum.org.uk/) - Tourist Attraction
- The Blue Planet Aquarium (http://www.blueplanetaquarium.com/) - Tourist Attraction
Districts of England - North West England | |
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |