However, its main industrial development began in 1886 when the Britannia Telegraph Works was established on the western side of the settlement. This company produced cabling for the electrical industry and provided a source of employment for the Helsby area until the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The origin of the unusual name is believed to be a dispute between a local vicar and landowner in the mid-eighteenth century. The landlord of the inn invited the two parties to the inn in an attempt to broker an agreement. This led to the common usage of to be 'at Loggerheads' to mean a disagreement.

CHESHIRE's famous grinning cat will be perched on silver screens across the globe as a new blockbuster version of Alice in Wonderland starring Johnny Depp is released next year.

The Cheshire cat is the most iconic symbol of the county and is recognised across the world.

The character is widely used by businesses and organisations associated with Cheshire and was made famous by Lewis Carroll's fairytale Alice in Wonderland.

Made popular by recent technologies and programmes such as Who Do You Think You Are?, genealogy is one of the world's fastest growing hobbies.

With this in mind, Tatton Park in Knutsford is running a special exhibition Who Are You? to give the public the chance to see some of the documents and papers relating to the Egerton family and how they can reveal information which helps to build up a picture of their lives.

Originally published during the 20th century, each book features elegant sketches of locations throughout Britain including The English Lakes, The Thames and Chester.

The first equine tale relates to the purchase of a horse by Lord Barrymore in London. This white mare was named Marbury Dunne and bought as a wedding present for his wife. Lord Barrymore laid a bet that the horse could cover the distance between London and Marbury between sunrise and sunset. The horse achieved this feat but died on arrival. She was buried in East Park and the gravestone carried the following inscription:

Called Birthday Song, the weekend sees 40 choirs performing in 40 of the most nationally significant historic churches cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust, celebrating the charity's 40th birthday by providing local people with a unique opportunity to rediscover these magnificent buildings, including Christ Church.

I am currently researching the Nevett (Nevill) Nevitt family name and have found that around 1800 they were farmers in the Helsby and Guilden Sutton area. As it is my father's 80th birthday very soon i would really appreciate it anyone could point me in the right direction as to where I could obtain copies of any photos or info of the family around that time.

Here's hoping,

Karen

If you are able to help, please leave a comment on this forum thread

He was born in Langley, just outside Macclesfield, in 1901 and spent his formative years living in the countryside nearby. After a preliminary grounding at the Macclesfield School of Art, he went on to Manchester's School of Art and then won a scholarship to London's Royal College of Art.

On completion of his formal education, he worked in London for a while before moving back to Macclesfield. His growing reputation as an artist meant that he was a well-known personality in the town before he and his wife moved to Anglesey in 1947, where he lived for the rest of his life.

Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry in 1893 and his family moved to Birkenhead in 1900, where his father was stationmaster at Woodside. At the age of ten Wilfred made his life-changing foray to Broxton in 1904 and the views he saw of Cheshire, the Clwydians, the Wirral and Liverpool were reflected in one of his poems written in 1918:

Connah's Quay Docks

Eastham Locks

Old Mill Brow Community in Runcorn and the Bridgewater Canal

Memories of Old Mill Brow Community in Runcorn and the Bridgewater Canal

Bidston Observatory

William Shaw of Runcorn: A man on a mission

Retirement of Chester mariner

Weston Point, Runcorn

Family tree request for details of Whitchurch and Chester boatmen

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and canal become a World Heritage site

Sir Aubrey Brocklebank and RMS Queen Mary reunion

A total of five people were killed in the accident, between 30 and 40 were injured to varying degrees and around 1,600 people were stranded in the tunnel. A further train was due to enter the tunnel shortly afterwards, but was fortuitously stopped before it could add to the confusion.

Major Walter Wingfield was a resident of Nantclwyd Hall, which is about six miles south of Ruthin in Denbighshire (pictured). He invented the game of lawn tennis in his garden when he tried out a new type of India rubber ball which could be bounced on grass. The enjoyment he derived from this novel pastime led to the formulation of some standard rules which he published as The First Set of Lawn Tennis Rules in the same year.

He called the game sphairistaike and registered a patent for the combined equipment of net, posts, balls and racquets in 1874. He combined the necessary equipment as a kit and sold it along with the rulebook as a game suitable for Victorian gardens.

Hugh Calveley's impressive tomb in the church gives an indication of his unusual height (seven foot) and it was said that he could eat as much as two plain men and fight like ten. He came to prominence as a soldier in the Hundred Years' War, especially during the War of the Breton Succession and the Castilian Civil War. He was appointed as a commander for the Black Prince in the campaign against Pedro the Cruel and later played an important part in the French wars from 1369.

The story surrounding The Headless Woman is believed to date from Civil War times when a maid at nearby Hockenhull Hall refused to give up jewellery owned by her employers to the Roundheads. For this act she was beheaded and the legend goes that she walked to Duddon with her head under her arm.

The pub is believed to be haunted and an owner in the 1930s installed a ship's figurehead in the garden of a headless woman to add colour to the story. This was subsequently stolen but the pub's sign depicting the maid's fate is still a reminder of more troubled times in Cheshire.