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The Forests of Mara and Mondrem were adjacent medieval forests in Cheshire, England, which in the 11th century extended to over 60 square miles (160 km 2), stretching from the Mersey in the north almost to Nantwich in the south, and from the Gowy in the west to the Weaver in the east.
The schools in Weaverham include the following: three primary schools: St. Bede's Roman Catholic Primary School, Weaverham Forest School and University Primary Academy Weaverham, formerly Wallerscote Community Primary School. There is also a special needs school, The Russett School. Weaverham is adjacent to Owley Wood, part of the Mersey Forest.
The Mersey Forest is the biggest of twelve community forests covering 420 square miles (1,100 km 2) and accessible to a local population of 1.6 million people. It stretches from Sefton to the north of Liverpool and south to Northwich in Cheshire. Delamere Forest in the south of the area being the largest area of established woodland. The forest ...
Delamere Forest forms part of the Mersey Forest, an initiative to increase woodland coverage in areas close to urban communities. [3] [23] Nearly all the Forestry Commission land is open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [24] [25] A few small additional areas contiguous with the Forestry Commission land are also ...
The ancient parishes of Cheshire were the group of parishes that existed in the English county of Cheshire, roughly within the period of 1200–1800. [1] Initially, the ancient parishes had only an ecclesiastical function, but reforms initiated by King Henry VIII, developed by Queen Elizabeth I and expanded by later legislation led them to acquire various secular functions that eventually led ...
The Northern Forest is a proposed forest in England to encompass five community forests. The aim is to plant 50 million trees by 2032 which would provide a timber industry, leisure opportunities and environmental benefits. Initial funding for the project was granted by the British government in January 2018.
Cuddington and Sandiway have been villages since Delamere Forest covered an area from the southern boundary of Frodsham and the Mersey all the way towards Tarporley. There is a Bronze Age burial ground in Norley, another local village, and Iron Age hillforts at Eddisbury and Oakmere.
George Ormerod described the village in 1882 thus: 'Moulton occupies a high ridge of ground, running parallel with the general course of the Weaver, and commanding a most extensive view over the vales of that river, and of the Mersey, in the several directions of Delamere Forest and Lancashire.'