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== History ==
== 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.
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 devastation caused by the Harrying was evident in the Domesday Book (1086), as much of the county's land was written off as "wasta" (wasteland). The lands recorded ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' (meaning "(lands) between the Ribble and Mersey"), effectively southern [[Lancashire]], may have formed part of Cheshire at this time, but this is far from certain.
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
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