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Ledsham, Cheshire

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Ledsham
type	Village
static_image_name	Inglewood Manor Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1313448.jpg
static_image_caption	Inglewood Manor Hotel, Ledsham
map_type	Cheshire
coordinates
population	181
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Ledsham
unitary_england	Cheshire West and Chester
lieutenancy_england	Cheshire
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Chester North and Neston
post_town	ELLESMERE PORT
postcode_district	CH66
postcode_area	CH
dial_code	0151
os_grid_reference	SJ358745

Ledsham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish includes parts of the hamlets of Badger's Rake and Two Mills. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 6 mi to the north of the city of Chester and 4 mi to the west of Ellesmere Port.

At the 2011 Census, the village had a population of 181.

History

In 1085, Ledsham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Levetesham. The landowner was Walter de Vernon. The land passed by will from the Massey family to Sir Thomas Stanley of Hooton in 1715.

Formerly a township in Neston parish of the Wirral Hundred, it became a civil parish in 1866. The population was recorded at 56 in 1801, 94 in 1851, 82 in 1901, 116 in 1951 and 88 in 2001.

The village was served by Ledsham railway station on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway. A local cottage had been used as the station building, until the provision of more substantial facilities. At its height, Ledsham station had four platforms and was situated at the southern end of the railway's quadrupled section. The station never achieved the commercial potential expected by its owners, primarily due to its remote rural location. Ledsham station closed completely on 20 July 1959. However, two tracks of the line are still part of the Merseyrail network.

Governance

Ledsham is within the Chester North and Neston parliamentary constituency. At a local government level, the area is divided between Ledsham & Manor and Saughall & Mollington wards. as of .

Geography

The village centre is located approximately 1/2 mi to the north west of Capenhurst, with the area around the former railway station 1 mi to the north, in the vicinity of Little Sutton.

Transport

To the north and west of Ledsham, the A550 Welsh Road connects the A41 and A540.

The nearest station is Capenhurst railway station on Merseyrail's Wirral line, with services between Liverpool and Chester.

Landmarks

Inglewood is a Grade II listed building in Ledsham, which was built as a private house in 1909. As of the building is the Inglewood Manor Hotel.

References

"2011 Census". Office for National Statistics.
(1858). "Ledsham". UK Genealogy Archives.
Maund, T.B.. (2000). "The Birkenhead Railway". The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society.
Merseyside Railway History Group. (c. 1994). "Railway Stations of Wirral". Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey.
(2019). "Ward Profile report: Ledsham & Manor Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council.
"Side by side maps: OS 25in & Bing 2020 hybrid". National Library of Scotland.
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"Inglewood Manor Hotel". Boutique Hotels Group.

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