Waverton, Cheshire
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Waverton is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It lies about 5 km south east of Chester. It is almost continuous with the village of Rowton to the north west and that in turn is almost, but not quite, continuous with Christleton.[1] Rowton, however, is in the neighbouring civil parish of Christleton.
The settlement was named "Wavretone" in the Domesday Book, where it was said to be in the Dudestan Hundred. The name was first given as Waverton in 1260, having been called "Waueretone" in 1150, and "Wauertone" in 1100. The origin of the name is not certain.[2]
There is one parish church: St. Peter's. The roof of the nave has been dated to 1665. The tower, on the west end of the building, is built in the Perpendicular Style and possess a nineteenth century pyramidal roof. Although the church was restored in the 1880s, the chancel's timber framing, the windows, and clerestory are all original.[2]
The Shropshire Union Canal runs through the middle of Waverton. A railway line runs half a kilometre west of the village but there is no longer any railway station. This line has Chester as the nearest station to the north-west, and Crewe as the nearest station to the south-east. It carries passengers on the North Wales Coast Line which runs between Crewe, Chester and North Wales, and is named Route 22 on Network Rail's 2006 reorganisation. Services on this line are offered by Arriva Trains Wales, and, as the "London to Holyhead" spur of the West Coast Main Line route, by Virgin Trains.
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Ordnance Survey Map, 2005, 1:25000scale. Sheet 266 ("Wirral and Chester/Caer")
- ^ a b Scholes, R. (2000). Towns and Villages of Britain: Cheshire. Sigma Press: Wilmslow, Cheshire. ISBN 1-85058-637-3.
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