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The population of Cheshire is around 1.67 million. The county town is [[Chester]], an ancient cathedral city which grew out of the Roman fort Deva. Other major settlements include [[Birkenhead]], [[Crewe]], [[Macclesfield]], [[Runcorn]] and [[Stockport]]. Some southern suburban areas of [[Manchester]] are in Cheshire, as is [[Manchester Airport]], although the city is primarily in Lancashire. Similarly, the part of Warrington south of the River Mersey is in Cheshire, with that to the north in Lancashire.
The population of Cheshire is around 1.67 million. The county town is [[Chester]], an ancient cathedral city which grew out of the Roman fort Deva. Other major settlements include [[Birkenhead]], [[Crewe]], [[Macclesfield]], [[Runcorn]] and [[Stockport]]. Some southern suburban areas of [[Manchester]] are in Cheshire, as is [[Manchester Airport]], although the city is primarily in Lancashire. Similarly, the part of Warrington south of the River Mersey is in Cheshire, with that to the north in Lancashire.
== History ==
Following the Norman conquest of 1066 by [[William the Conqueror]], dissent and resistance continued for many years after the invasion and Cheshire, being a remote part of the kingdom, far from centres of power in Normandy and the south-east of England, provided persistent resistance to the Normans. In 1069 local resistance in Cheshire was finally put down using harsh, [[genocide]]-like measures, referred to by historians as the [[Harrying of the North]] (1069-1070). The ferocity of the campaign against the English populace was enough to end all future resistance. Major local landowners such as [[Edwin, Earl of Mercia]] (died 1071), had their properties confiscated and redistributed among Norman barons.
The earldom of Mercia was abolished around this time, and the Earldom of Chester (roughly co-terminus with the combined areas of Cheshire and Flintshire) was established. The earldom was sufficiently independent from the kingdom of England that the 13th-century Magna Carta did not apply to the shire of Chester, so the earl wrote up his own Chester Charter at the petition of his barons
== Administration ==
== Administration ==
The large and predominantly rural interior of the county Cheshire is served by two council areas, including county councils and metropolitan borough councils (MBCs); [[Cheshire East Council]] and [[Cheshire West and Chester Council]]. Other areas of the county are served by [[Derbyshire County Council]] (High Peak district), Halton Borough Council, [[Manchester City Council]], Shropshire Council, Stockport MBC, Tameside MBC and Wirral Council.
The large and predominantly rural interior of the county Cheshire is served by two council areas; [[Cheshire East Council]] and [[Cheshire West and Chester Council]]. Other areas of the county are served by [[Derbyshire County Council]] (High Peak district), Halton Borough Council, [[Manchester City Council]], Shropshire Council, Stockport MBC, Tameside MBC and Wirral Council.
The county also lends its name to a "county for the purposes of lieutenancy" (which [[Wikipedia]] wrongly calls a "ceremonial county"), which consists of the council areas Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington, despite the latter two partially consisting of areas of Lancashire.
The county also lends its name to a "county for the purposes of lieutenancy" (which [[Wikipedia]] wrongly calls a "ceremonial county"), which consists of the council areas Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington, despite the latter two partially consisting of areas of Lancashire.
[[Category:United Kingdom Counties]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Counties]]