Ledsham, Cheshire

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.[1] It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north of the city of Chester and 6 km (3.7 mi) to the west of Ellesmere Port.

Ledsham
Village
Inglewood Manor Hotel, Ledsham
Ledsham Location within Cheshire
Population	181 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ358745
Civil parish	Ledsham
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode district	CH66
Dialling code	0151
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ellesmere Port and Neston

At the 2011 Census, the village had a population of 181.[2]

History

In 1085, Ledsham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Levetesham. The landowner was Walter de Vernon.[3] The land passed by will from the Massey family to Sir Thomas Stanley of Hooton in 1715.[4]

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.[1]

The village was served by Ledsham railway station on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Originally, a local cottage was used as the station building, until the provision of more substantial facilities.[5] 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.[6] Ledsham station closed completely on 20 July 1959.[5] However, two tracks of the line are still extant as part of the Merseyrail network.

Governance

Ledsham is within the Ellesmere Port and Neston parliamentary constituency. At local government level the area is divided between Ledsham & Manor[7] and Saughall & Mollington wards.[8] as of 2021.

Geography

The village centre is located approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) to the north west of Capenhurst, with the area around the former railway station 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north, in the vicinity of Little Sutton.[9]

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.[10] As of 2021 the building is the Inglewood Manor Hotel.[11]

See also

• Listed buildings in Ledsham, Cheshire

References

1. "Ledsham". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "2011 Census". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
3. "Cheshire L-Z: Ledsham". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
4. Lewis, Samuel (1858). "Ledsham". A Topographical Dictionary of England. UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
5. Maund, T.B. (2000). The Birkenhead Railway. The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-87-8.
6. Merseyside Railway History Group (c. 1994). Railway Stations of Wirral. Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey. ISBN 1-899241-02-7.
7. "Ward Profile report: Ledsham & Manor Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. "Ward Profile report: Saughall & Mollington Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
9. "Side by side maps: OS 25in & Bing 2020 hybrid". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
10. Historic England, "Inglewood, Ledsham (1115710)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 July 2020
11. "Inglewood Manor Hotel". Boutique Hotels Group. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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