Tarporley
Tarporley is an attractive town in the heart of Cheshire and was noted in Henry VIII's reign for having a long well-paved High Street, now equally attractive with good Georgian buildings and gabled houses. The medieval church of St Helen is 15th and 19th Century, and the Done Recreation Room in the churchyard dates from 1636, with the nearby oak-framed Manor House of 1585.
It is not known when the first identifiable settlement occurred at Tarporley however there are nearby ancient hillforts at Eddisbury Hill and Maiden Castle.
Tarporley was on the route used by many traders travelling by coach between London and Chester, and those dealing in salt, mined in nearby Nantwich.
The village developed along the High Street in the 18th and 19th Centuries with many hostelries to revive the weary traveller. The development of the Chester and Ellesmere Canal as part of the Shropshire Union canal system and the railway station at Beeston on the Chester and Crewe Railway line further increased the number of travellers.
Must see and do
- Old Fire Station Chocolate Shop, Tarporley
- Portal Golf Club, Tarporley
- Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, Tarporley
- Cheshire Workshops, Tarporley
- Shropshire Union Canal, Tarporley
- Bunbury Watermill, Bunbury
- Beeston Castle, Beeston
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