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Frodsham is a market town, civil parish and also electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and also Chester as well as the ritualistic area of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is around 3 miles (5 km) south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south of Liverpool, and also 28 miles (45 kilometres) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast as well as on the west it neglects the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 road and also the Chester– Manchester railway line go through the community, and the M56 motorway passes to the northwest. In medieval times Frodsham was a vital borough as well as port belonging to the Earls of Chester. Its parish church, St. Laurence’s, still exhibits evidence of a building existing in the 12th century in its nave and also is referenced in Domesday Book. A market is held each Thursday, and Frodsham’s practicality as a trading centre was emphasised by the visibility of the “big five” clearing financial institutions and numerous building societies, though the branches of HSBC and also NatWest have actually recently shut. Growth in the town’s stores as well as facilities with alcohol permits is evident with the current (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops and also public houses, and also in the proceeded existence of little, specialist, companies operating from town-centre stores.