Cheshire, England

Cheshire is a county in the North West of England. It's administrative centre is Chester. It has an area of 2,343 km² (904.6 sq mi) being 25th largest of the 48 ceremonial counties in Enlgand. The largest town is Warrington. The economy is predominantly argricultural, although the historically important production of salt continues in the East of the county and was the crucible where many advances in industrial chemistry were first made. Large petrol chemical works line the northern boundary of the country with the River Mersey.

Strategically important, it saw a Roman garrison stationed at Chester during the Roman occupation. During the middle ages Chester also provided a staging post for the subjugation of the Welsh by Edward I, and during the English Civil War several battles were fought on its planes.