Childer Thornton

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Childer Thornton
Childer Thornton (Cheshire)
Childer Thornton

Childer Thornton shown within Cheshire
OS grid reference SJ368776
District Ellesmere Port and Neston
Shire county Cheshire
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode district CH66
Dialling code 0151
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Ellesmere Port and Neston
List of places: UKEnglandCheshire

Coordinates: 53°17′31″N 2°56′57″W / 53.292, -2.9491

Childer Thornton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England, located between Hooton and Little Sutton.

The busy A41 road runs through the middle of Childer Thornton. Despite this, the area is relatively unspoilt, with the M53 motorway effectively diverting away the bulk of through traffic.

The village has three pubs, one school and a garden centre. Childer Thornton is exactly half way in distance between Birkenhead and Chester and one of the pubs is named 'The Halfway House', which was a stage coach stop between Chester and New Ferry in the 1770's.[1] Childer Thornton's other pubs are 'The Burleydam' and 'The White Lion'.

Childer Thornton is in the Anglican parish of Hooton, with an attractive parish church made of local sandstone, situated just outside the village itself. It was built between 1858 and 1862, at a cost of £5,000.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Guide To Ellesmere Port. drakesvision.com. Retrieved on 28 June 2007.
  2. ^ Urbanisation of Ellesmere Port. Whitby High School. Retrieved on 28 June 2007.