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The following tables list the main events which happened in the History of Cheshire.

Dates	Events	Detail	References
70	The Romans found the fortress and town of Deva Victrix, now Chester	Details	^[1]
410	Romans retreat from Britannia	Details	^[2]
616	Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats a Welsh army at the Battle of Chester	Details	^[3]
894-5	King Alfred drives Danes from Chester		^[4]
914	Eddisbury hill fort constructed	Details	^[5]
973	King Edgar of England visits Chester	Details	^[6]
1007	Eadric Streona becomees the King's ealdorman of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire	Details	^[7]
1069 - 1071	William I lead the Norman Conquest into Cheshire; beseiges Chester and kills Edwin, Earl of Mercia
1070	Hugh d'Avranches is created as first Earl of Chester	Details	^[8]
1182	Cheshire land north of the Mersey become part of the new county of Lancashire
1237	7th Earl, John, dies without a male heir in. King Henry IV passes the title to his son, Prince Edward - later to become King Edward I	Details
1261	Macclesfield market created		^[9]
1397	The county has lands in the march of Wales added to its territory, and is promoted to the rank of principality		^[10]
1642	Attempt by local gentry to keep Cheshire neutral in the English Civil War fails	Details	^[11]
1655	Cheshire under military rule and governed by Charles Worsley		^[12]
1744	Charles Roe builds a watermill in Macclesfield and triggers start of the silk industry	Details
1777	Completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal	Details	^[13]
1837	Crewe railway station is built in fields near to Crewe Hall	Details	^[14]
1857	Cheshire Constabulary founded	Details	^[15]
1874	John Brunner and Ludwig Mond found Brunner Mond in Winnington near Northwich and start manufacturing soda ash	Details	^[16]
1889	Cheshire County Council founded	Details
1974	Cheshire boundaries changed by Local Government Act 1972	Details	^[17]
2009	Two unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East replace Cheshire County Council and its districts	Details	^[18]

References[edit]

^ Mason, David J.P. (2001). Roman Chester: City of the Eagles. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-1922-6.
^ Mason, David J.P. (2001). Roman Chester: City of the Eagles. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-1922-6.
^ Higham, N. J. (1992). "King Cearl, the Battle of Chester and the Origins of the Mercian 'Overkingship'" (PDF). Midland History. 17: 1–15. doi:10.1179/mdh.1992.17.1.1.
^ "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (894AD)". Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ "Burh at Castle Ditch, Eddisbury". Cheshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ "Edgar the Peaceful". English Monarchs website. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1007:
"In this year also was Edric appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians."
^ C. P. Lewis, ‘Avranches, Hugh d', first earl of Chester (d. 1101)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 28 Oct 2007
^ "Cheshire History and the County Palatine of Cheshire, UK". Manchester UK. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
^ Davies, R. R. 'Richard II and the Principality of Chester' in The Reign of Richard II: Essays in Honour of May McKisack, ed. F. R. H. Du Boulay and Caroline Baron (1971)
^ "Civil War". National Archives. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ "Charles Worsley, Major-General, 1622-56". British Civil Wars & Commonwealth website. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ "Trent and Mersey Canal". Cannock Chase District Council. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ "The beauty of Crewe". Guardian newspaper article. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
^ "Cheshire Constabulary History". Cheshire Police website. March 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "History of Brunner Mond". Brunner Mond website. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
^ Jones, B.; et al. (2004). Politics UK. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help)
^ "Cheshire County Council Home Page". Cheshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

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[1] Mason, David J.P. (2001). Roman Chester: City of the Eagles. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-1922-6.

[2] Mason, David J.P. (2001). Roman Chester: City of the Eagles. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-1922-6.

[3] Higham, N. J. (1992). "King Cearl, the Battle of Chester and the Origins of the Mercian 'Overkingship'" (PDF). Midland History. 17: 1–15. doi:10.1179/mdh.1992.17.1.1.

[4] "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (894AD)". Retrieved 2010-05-22.

[5] "Burh at Castle Ditch, Eddisbury". Cheshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2009-07-09.

[6] "Edgar the Peaceful". English Monarchs website. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

[7] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1007:
"In this year also was Edric appointed alderman over all the kingdom of the Mercians."

[8] C. P. Lewis, ‘Avranches, Hugh d', first earl of Chester (d. 1101)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 28 Oct 2007

[m2002-9] "Cheshire History and the County Palatine of Cheshire, UK". Manchester UK. Retrieved 2010-05-19.

[10] Davies, R. R. 'Richard II and the Principality of Chester' in The Reign of Richard II: Essays in Honour of May McKisack, ed. F. R. H. Du Boulay and Caroline Baron (1971)

[11] "Civil War". National Archives. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

[12] "Charles Worsley, Major-General, 1622-56". British Civil Wars & Commonwealth website. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

[13] "Trent and Mersey Canal". Cannock Chase District Council. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

[guardian-14] "The beauty of Crewe". Guardian newspaper article. Retrieved 2007-08-07.

[15] "Cheshire Constabulary History". Cheshire Police website. March 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[16] "History of Brunner Mond". Brunner Mond website. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

[17] Jones, B.; et al. (2004). Politics UK. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help)

[18] "Cheshire County Council Home Page". Cheshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

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