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Local Information for Tarporley

Tarporley is located in England on the west of the Cheshire Plain, 100metres above sea level at longitude 2° 40' W, latitude 53º 10' N (Ordnance Survey SJ5463). The fertile Cheshire Plain is a rural, predominately farming area, famous for it's dairy herds with meadows, pasture and some woodland. The fertile farmland with it's Cheshire black and white buildings overlays glacial and sandstone deposits. The sandstone is evident where it is exposed on the Mid-Cheshire Ridge running from Helsby in the North via Beeston and Peckforton through to Bickerton.

It is not known when the first identifiable settlement occurred at Tarporley however there are nearby ancient hillforts at Eddisbury Hill and Maiden Castle. The earliest record is when "Torpelei" received a Royal Charter in 1292 and was recorded to be a Borough with Mayor and market in 1297. The name Tarporley is thought by some to originate from the pear tree on the tor, hence the logo of tarporley.net which is the logo of T...More