Ledsham, Cheshire

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Coordinates: 53°15′50″N 2°57′47″W / 53.264°N 2.963°W

Ledsham
Ledsham Ledsham shown within Cheshire
Population	88 (2001)
OS grid reference	SJ358745
Civil parish	Ledsham
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode district	CH66
Dialling code	0151
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Ellesmere Port and Neston
List of places UK England Cheshire

Ledsham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, to the north of Capenhurst and to the west of Ellesmere Port. The village includes parts of the hamlets of Badger's Rake and Two Mills, and has a population of 88.^[1]

History

Formerly a township in Neston civil parish, Wirral Hundred. The population was 56 in 1801, 94 in 1851, 82 in 1901 and 116 in 1951. ^[2]

The village was served by Ledsham railway station on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Originally, a local cottage was used as the station building, until the provision of more substantial facilities.^[3] At its height, Ledsham station had four platforms and was situated at the southern end of the railway's quadrupled section. The station never achieved the commercial potential expected by its owners, primarily due to its remote rural location.^[4] Ledsham station closed completely on 20 July 1959.^[3] However, two tracks of the line are still extant as part of the Merseyrail network, with stations at Hooton and Capenhurst.

References

↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 2009-12-20
↑ Cheshire Parishes: Ledsham, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, retrieved 15 April 2007
↑ 3.0 3.1 Maund, T.B. (2000), The Birkenhead Railway, The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, ISBN 0-901115-87-8
↑ Merseyside Railway History Group (c. 1994), Railway Stations of Wirral, Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey, ISBN 1-899241-02-7

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Principal settlements	Chester Ellesmere Port Frodsham Malpas Northwich Winsford

Civil parishes	Acton Bridge Agden Aldersey Aldford Allostock Alvanley Anderton with Marbury Antrobus Ashton Hayes Aston Bache Backford Barnton Barrow Barton Beeston Bickley Bostock Bradley Bridge Trafford Broxton Bruen Stapleford Buerton Burton Burwardsley Byley Caldecott Capenhurst Carden Caughall Chester Castle Chidlow Chorlton Chorlton by Backford Chowley Christleton Church Shocklach Churton by Aldford Churton by Farndon Churton Heath Claverton Clotton Hoofield Clutton Coddington Comberbach Cotton Abbotts Cotton Edmunds Crewe by Farndon Croughton Crowton Cuddington Cuddington Darnhall Davenham Delamere Dodleston Duckington Duddon Dunham Hill Dutton Eaton Eccleston Edge Edgerley Elton Farndon Foulk Stapleford Frodsham Golborne Bellow Golborne David Grafton Great Boughton Great Budworth Guilden Sutton Hampton Handley Hapsford Hartford Harthill Hatton Helsby Hockenhull Hoole Village Horton by Malpas Horton cum Peel Huntington Huxley Iddinshall Ince Kelsall Kings Marsh Kingsley Lach Dennis Larkton Lea Newbold Lea-by-Backford Ledsham Little Budworth Little Leigh Little Stanney Littleton Lostock Gralam Lower Kinnerton Macefen Malpas Manley Marlston cum Lache Marston Mickle Trafford Mollington Moston Mouldsworth Moulton Neston Nether Peover Newton by Malpas Newton by Tattenhall Norley Northwich Oakmere Oldcastle Overton Picton Poulton Prior's Heys Puddington Pulford Rowton Rudheath Rushton Saighton Saughall Shocklach Oviatt Shotwick Park Shotwick Sproston Stanthorne Stockton Stoke Stretton Sutton Tarporley Tarvin Tattenhall Thornton-le-Moors Threapwood Tilston Tilstone Fearnall Tiverton Tushingham cum Grindley Upton by Chester Utkinton Waverton Weaverham Wervin Whitegate and Marton Whitley Wigland Willington Wimbolds Trafford Wimboldsley Wincham Winsford Woodbank Wychough

Unparished areas	Chester Ellesmere Port

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Unitary authorities	Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Warrington

Major settlements	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Ellesmere Port Frodsham Knutsford Macclesfield Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire

Rivers	Bollin Croco Dane Dean Dee Gowy Goyt Mersey Weaver Wheelock

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