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	Cheshire History and the County Palatine of Cheshire, UK
		Cheshire History and the County Palatine of Cheshire, UK Manchester, Cheshire and the Northwest of England
		"Cheshire, a palatine and maritime county of England, bounded on the northwest.
		Cheshire forms, towards the Irish Sea, a flat peninsula, the Wirrall (12 miles by 7 miles), between the estuaries of the Mersey and the Dee, and inland a vast plain separating the mountains of Wales from those of Derbyshire.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /cheshire.html (1136 words)

	Cheshire Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cheshire, a palatine and maritime county of England, bounded on the NW.
		Cheshire forms, towards the Irish Sea, a flat peninsula, the Wirrall [sic] (12 miles by 7 miles), between the estuaries of the Mersey and the Dee, and inland a vast plain separating the mountains of Wales from those of Derbyshire.
		Cheshire : A Genealogical Bibliography by Stuart Raymond.
	www.fhsc.org.uk /genuki/chs (1180 words)

	History of the Cheshire Fire Department
		In 1923 the Cheshire Fire District was established for the purpose of supplying water via hydrants to aid the Department in fighting fires.
		In March of 1953, the Cheshire Fire Department moved from the location where it had been stationed almost from its inception, the Town Hall wing where the Parks and Recreation Office is now situated, to the new Headquarters on Mitchell Avenue.
		In 2004 the Cheshire Fire Department re-organized itself creating a municipal fire department, which consists of four full time employees, at that time in conjunction with the Town Manager and the Town Council a process of hiring was performed and we hired our first career Fire Chief, Jack Casner.
	www.cheshirefd.org /history.html (1775 words)

	Cartref Dyffryn Ceiriog Cheshire Home
		Born in Chester in 1917, the son of Geoffrey Cheshire, Professor of Law at Oxford, Leonard led a dissolute and feckless existence as a young man before the war came which was to cast him in a very different role as a military hero.
		A pleasant voice announced the matron of the hospital in Petersfield and said that Mr Arthur Dykes, with whom she understood I was acquainted, was lying in hospital suffering from an advanced stage of cancer.
		For the next few months Cheshire acted as nurse, companion and friend to the old airman and by growing vegetables himself was able to keep both of them well fed, warm and alive.
	leonard-cheshire.wel.sh /history.html (1619 words)

	Norman Chester and the History of Cheshire, UK
		Many other Norman castles were subsequently constructed throughout the county of Cheshire in order to maintain the peace and to exert control over the disenchanted population of the region who bitterly hated their Norman overseers for many generations.
		Cheshire was a wealthy county in the 19th century.
		Cheshire Cheese also came into the national consciousness at this time, with some 10,000 tons being sent per year to London alone, thanks to the completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal which connected rural Cheshire directly to the industrial Midlands and beyond
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /cheshire1a.html (1491 words)

	Leonard Cheshire : History : The Founder
		Cheshire found others coming to him for help, and so started the work which today is carried on in his name with disabled people across the globe.
		Leonard Cheshire’s award of the Order of Merit was announced on 5 February 1981 and his elevation to the peerage on 15 June 1991.
		Leonard Cheshire died from the effects of motor neurone disease on 31 July 1992.
	www.leonard-cheshire.org /?lid=20 (308 words)

	www.cheshirepast.net - the website of the Victoria History of Cheshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In that year, however, the Cheshire VCH was set up, generously funded by grants from the Leverhulme Trust and Cheshire County Council and with much valued support from the University of Liverpool.
		It was devoted to the administrative and parliamentary history of the county and to its ancient forests.
		A third volume, numbered 1 in the series, on the early history and archaeology of the county, was published in 1987.
	www.cheshirepast.net (718 words)

	Cheshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cheshire is a mainly rural county with a high concentration of villages.
		Cheshire is rich in canals, particularly the east of the county with its strategic importance between Manchester, Stoke and Birmingham.
		Cheshire covers a boulder clay plain separating the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cheshire (1748 words)

	Cheshire Wildlife Trust - History
		The Cheshire region occupies the Midland Gap, the low-lying plain between the Pennines in the east and the Welsh uplands in the south.
		Agriculturally the Cheshire region is primarily a dairy farming area - the thick glacial drift of clays and sands deposited by the retreating glaciers, during the last Ice Age, giving rise to soils more suited to pasture than the plough.
		The diversity of landscape types, in turn, supports a fragile and vulnerable wealth of different types of wildlife habitats, some of which are of national and international importance.
	www.wildlifetrust.org.uk /cheshire/historical_pers.html (986 words)

	STL hotel - Cheshire Lodge
		The Cheshire’s low-slung complex of restaurant (“Inn”) and hotel (“Lodge”) is some 10 minutes away by highway from the city’s main commercial district.
		Cheshire Inn and Lodge was the most popular restaurant and hotel in St. Louis.
		In 1989, the Cheshire Inn restaurant including the Tap Room Bar and all 9 banquet rooms was leased to the Leuders family.
	www.cheshirelodge.net /AboutCh.htm (1188 words)

	History Of The Cheshire "County Farm"
		In 1866, Cheshire County purchased the Jedediah and Elvena Sabin farm for $13,000.
		An Almshouse was erected in 1869 at a cost of $22,710, and a 50 x 40 foot barn was approved for construction in 1872.
		In 1876, the County Commissioners reported "Not only does the best financial interest of the county demand, but humanity also dictates the true policy that the wards of the County shall be kept at the Almshouse.
	co.cheshire.nh.us /CountyInfo (2037 words)

	History of Cheshire Building Society
		Established in 1870 in Macclesfield, the Cheshire was one of the first Permanent Societies which started a revolution in personal finance.
		The Cheshire now employs over 700 staff and ranks 11th in size out of a total of 63 UK building societies.
		It is a successful, independent, regionally based society with a strong commitment to mutuality, that has achieved profitable growth through the provision of competitive savings and investments, mortgages, and complementary financial services.
	www.thecheshire.co.uk /about-us/cheshire-history/index.htm (251 words)

	Cheshire History No. 44
		Cheshire History is the journal of new work relating to the history and archaeology of the ancient and modern county of Cheshire.
		Cheshire History is free to members of the Cheshire Local History Association.
		New subscribers might like to pay £13.75 which entitles them to Cheshire History Number 44, a year's individual membership of the Local History Association and a copy of Cheshire History Number 45 when it is published at the end of 2005.
	www.cheshirehistory.org.uk /CHistory/ch44.htm (317 words)

	Cheshire Fire Dept: History
		The Hose Company moved from its old quarters, the Town Hall cellar, next door to the old trolley substation sometimes after trolley service was discontinued in Cheshire, In 1956, an addition was built to the building and a 1,100 gallon tanker truck was purchased.
		After two years of exploratory and analytical activity, the Cheshire Fire Department Study Committee, on March 8, 1982 finally reached the unanimous decision to recommend the acquisition of Lamb's Garage on South Street for a new fire station.
		On the following May 10th, at a special town meeting, the voters approved (95-57) the recommendation of the committee and appropriated the $200,000 for the purchase and renovation of Lamb's Garage as a fire station for the town.
	www.cheshirefire.org /cfdhistory.htm (772 words)

	Cheshire Then - The Cheshire Historical Society - January 2005
		I got possesion of the old satchel at noon, the rats had examined it on on the road only a little crust of the bread was left the cakes were in very good condition, only broken in rather small pieces.
		The Moss family figured prominently in Cheshire history from its early settlement, especially in area in the west of town along Ten-Mile River known as Moss Farms.
		The first Moss to come to Cheshire, John Moss, was granted approximately 100 acres of land alongside the Ten-Mile River in 1694 for services to the Crown in settling disputes between the Indians and farmers who were moving to Cheshire from Wallingford.
	www.cheshirehistory.org /titus.htm (1226 words)

	Cheshire Relay History
		It was projected that during 2004, the cumulative total raised by Relay For Life will exceed $1 billion, to invest in cancer research, advocacy, education and patient service programs.
		Several thousand cancer survivors, their families, and friends come to a special luminary candle lighting service designed to honor and remember people who have been struck by cancer.
		Cheshire Relay For Life continues to raise over 1/2 million dollars / year.
	www.cheshirerelay.org /history.htm (504 words)

	The History of Cheshire Oil
		In 1921, George B. Robertson, a native of Chesterfield, NH, founded Cheshire Oil Company and began a tradition that, almost 80 years later, remains one of the few family-owned and operated businesses in the Monadnock Region.
		Today, over 180 employees are part of Cheshire Oil's extended family, making it one of the largest businesses in Keene.
		Cheshire Oil Company is a family tradition that has spanned three generations--yet its earnest principles remain the same--exceptional value, neighborly service, and ultimate accountability to its customers and community.
	www.cheshireoil.com /au_history.htm (334 words)

	Cheshire Community Church of Canandaigua - History
		In 1926 the Union Church of Cheshire was reorganized as the Cheshire Community Church.
		The church in Cheshire was strongly influenced by the group known as the "Christians." This group of ministers was very strong in the rural areas of western New York in the 1800’s.
		For a complete history see, An Experiment in Tolerance, The History of the Cheshire Community Church.
	www.cheshire-church.com /history.shtml (293 words)

	Cheshire Cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
		There are reports that Carroll found inspiration for the Cheshire Cat in a carving in a church in the village of Croft-on-Tees, in the north east of England, where his father had been rector.
		Though not said to be a cheshire cat, he has the same large elongated smile and the ability to appear and disappear at will in striking resemblance to the Cheshire Cat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cheshire_cat (1187 words)

	Cheshire Wildlife Trust, history
		In 1987, 25 years of achievements were acknowledged in a year-long frenzy of events by members of the then titled 'Cheshire Conservation Trust.
		Cheshire Wildlife Trust was formed following a meeting, on the 10th March 1962, of naturalists from the area who were concerned about the rapid changes taking place in the counties of Cheshire and Lancashire.
		In the last fifteen years, 1991 was probably one of the most eventful for the Trust in that we changed our name to Cheshire Wildlife Trust with an overwhelming vote of 97%.
	www.wildlifetrust.org.uk /cheshire/history.htm (1523 words)

	The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the history of Lancashire and Cheshire, the history of Liverpool, ...
		The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the history of Lancashire and Cheshire, the history of Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster, Chester, Preston, and Cumbria.
		Membership of the Society is of tremendous value to anyone interested in the history of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
		The scholarly standard of Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire is widely respected.
	www.hslc.org.uk (212 words)

	CHESHIRE COUNTY NH - History and Genealogy
		One of these was named Cheshire, deriving its name from a county in the west of England, celebrated for its manufacture of cheese; hence, the name originally.
		It is situated in the southwestern part of the State, bounded on the north by Sullivan County, east by Hillsborough County, south by the State of Massachusetts, and west by the west bank of the Connecticut River.
		Geography and geology of Jaffrey NH; the history of the town including its earliest settlers and their location settled; the incorporation of the town and early officers; population of the town from 1775 to 1880.
	www.nh.searchroots.com /cheshire.html (3570 words)

	Congleton Cheshire UK - History of Congleton
		Congleton lies at the eastern edge of the Cheshire plain at the foot of the southern reaches of the Pennine Hills.
		The Family History Society of Cheshire (FHSC) was founded in 1969 to advance the study of family history and genealogy.
		Congleton Museum Trust was established in 1985 with the principle aim of establishing a local history museum for the town.
	www.congleton-cheshire.co.uk /history_of_congleton.htm (1593 words)

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		History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886, 1073 pgs.
		Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885 by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1885, 882 pgs.
		He is author of the admirable "HIstory of Gilsum," from which much of this history is drawn.
	www.nh.searchroots.com /documents/History_Gilsum_NH.txt (4929 words)

	Home Page
		It organises the "Cheshire History Day" held on the last Saturday in October (last but one in 2006!!).
		Produced as joint venture with Cheshire Record Office, Cheshire Sheaf CD (2CD set) is available to everyone at the price of £35 (plus £3 pandp on orders up to £50, then £5 on orders above £50).
		Cheques payable to Cheshire County Council to be sent to address as shown above.
	www.cheshirehistory.org.uk (245 words)

	Cheshire High School Lacrosse - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Tyska brought his passion for and knowledge of lacrosse, and thus began the community's love for the new sport.
		Tyska, his mother, Julie, and Arlene Salvati, a field hockey coach and gym teacher at CHS at the time, began the Cheshire Community Lacrosse Club.
		The Cheshire Community Lacrosse Club began in 1982 and played only one game against Farmington High School.
	www.cheshirelacrosse.com /history.html (231 words)

	GENfair - Family History Society of Cheshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This CD was compiled as a joint venture by the Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire and the Macclesfield Museums Trust.
		George Ormerods monumental work The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester was first published in 1819, and it still remains the most complete historical survey of the county to date.
		As well as giving detailled histories of all the parishes and townships in the county, there are numerous pedigree charts for prominent Cheshire families, many of which stretch back for centuries.
	www.genfair.com /shop/pages/chs/page22.html (748 words)

	Cheshire Configuration Files
		This is where the database system keeps its cross database files which allow it to handle serving data at the same time as reindexing (among other things).
		This can and should be the same location for all cheshire databases running on the system.
		Cheshire wants the full DOCTYPE tag, and hence if this is not supplied it is necessary to create a wrapper file.
	cheshire.berkeley.edu /config-file.html (758 words)

	Tameside Family History Websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cheshire BMD - Transcriptions of local Registrar's Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes.
		Cotton in Ashton-under-Lyne -a history of Cotton Mills in Ashton-under-Lyne.
		Cheshire Antiquities - A scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities, including photographs and potted histories of Cheshire Towns and Villages.
	members.aol.com /gayjoliver/FamilyHistoryLinks.htm (4347 words)

	Cheshire Public Library
		Community support for the Cheshire Public Library began in 1888 when a group of concerned citizens gathered together to form the Village Improvement Society.
		As of 1957, the Cheshire Public Library Association became what we know as the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library.
		With all of this, Cheshire Public Library has not lost sight of its mission and remains a welcoming environment for relaxing and learning.
	www.cheshirelib.org /history (497 words)

	The Family History Society of Cheshire
		Find out if anyone else is tracing the same Cheshire families.
		Local Register Office indexes of births, marriages and deaths in the county, and founder member of the UK BMD project..
		The essential research information for each of the county's 500+ parishes and townships.
	www.fhsc.org.uk (139 words)

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