Wikipedia:WikiProject Cheshire



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 * Other: Portal:Cheshire

Welcome to the Cheshire WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the UK county, Cheshire. We aim to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Cheshire, by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles on people, places, and things resident or native to, or located in Cheshire. We are also the project which maintains the Cheshire Portal.


 * Goals
 * To improve all Wikipedia articles that are concerned with Cheshire, including its history, geography, people, constructions and buildings, establishments and customs so that as many as possible become Featured Articles.
 * To maintain, improve, and expand the Cheshire Portal.
 * Identify 'holes' or omissions in the coverage of Cheshire, and write new articles to remove them.
 * All relevant articles should be included in the Category:Cheshire or one of its subcategories.


 * Scope
 * Articles about all subjects related to Cheshire, including articles on people, places, and things resident or native to, or located in Cheshire.
 * The – its maintenance, expansion, and updating.

Guidelines
We shall try to follow the Manual of Style for our articles.

Open tasks
'''The process of specifying open tasks is currently taking place on the project's talk page. Please feel free to join in.'''

Urgent Task

We need to begin to assess all articles that fall within our remit. The new assessments sub-page is now accessible here and can provide guidance on how to do this.

We also need to work on all articles that are flagged as needing some kind of cleanup. To help us identify these, a subscription to an automated tool has been made. The output from this should be found on WikiProject_Cheshire/Cleanup_listing once the bot has done its run. It is updated every few months.

Participants
To join WikiProject Cheshire, edit this section and add and any comments to the bottom of the following list of members.
 * 1)   DDStretch    (talk)  21:46, 30 December 2006 (UTC) - all over, but probably Crewe and Nantwich and Congleton boroughs in greater detail. (Born in Crewe, lived in Haslington until 1961, then became an exile until I was retired, at which point, I became a near-exile in Stoke-on-Trent. Local History of Cheshire is a significant leisure activity now.)
 * 2) --SunStar Nettalk 02:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Pixie2000 10:23, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) JFBurton 17:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC) - East Cheshire (Kettleshulme, Rainow)
 * 5) Richard B 13:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC) - particularly N.E. Cheshire.
 * 6) Regan123 - probably South Cheshire
 * 7) Phildav76 16:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC) - I designed the generic county template that is below.
 * 8) JimHxn - Maybe just Vale Royal but i'll see what i can do JimHxn 18:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 9)   Twinney12    (talk)  17:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC) - 'Born & Bred' in Chester City. Participated in celebration of Queen's Coronation with sandwiches and cakes in the Cattle Market in that summer of '53 (Ahhhhhh, the ambience ... the smell - always reminds me of royalty!)
 * 10) Salinae Middlewich, Salt etc.
 * 11) Peter I. Vardy 12:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC) NW Cheshire, local history, heritage, churches
 * 12) Bobo12345 11:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) Nev1 15:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 14) SportingNonsense 09:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 15) Cosmopolitancats 13:05, 28 January 2007 (UTC) - various, including history and local government reorganisation issues
 * 16) RickCraig 15:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC) - North Cheshire; Warrington, Lymm and Villages
 * 17) Snowy 1973 23:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC) - NW Cheshire (particularly South Wirral)
 * 18) clogs - can expand entries in/around Chester, and intend to create a page for Caldy Nature Park
 * 19) Jamesb1 - would like to contribute wherever I can. I Would like to focus on building up the information about Cheshire schools.
 * 20) Alex Hayes 12:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC) North Cheshire; Warrington, Lymm and Villages
 * 21) Big Moira 01:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC) - West Cheshire, specifically Ellesmere Port and Chester
 * 22) Steve Farrell 11:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC) - would like to concentrate mainly on local history, and the Chester/Ellesmere Port area in particular.
 * 23) (RT) 22:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC) - most things to do with Cheshire; but especially building a comprehensive gazetteer of places and the political geography of the county.
 * 24) Mothball - Can cover most of Cheshire, will probably concentrate on Ellesmere Port/South Wirral/Chester and Crewe/Nantwich areas.
 * 25) Espresso Addict 05:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC) -- Nantwich area, particularly interested in listed secular buildings and SSSIs
 * 26) Pjbeef 11:53, 26 August 2007 (UTC) - Chester.
 * 27) Coolhawks88 18:09 31 August 2007-Prestbury or any other area that are open.
 * 28)  Neil   ム  10:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC) - Chester, mainly.  I won't be contributing that much but will help out where I can.  Also have access to lots of local government information.  If anyone needs any admin tasks relating to the project fast-tracking, give me a shout.
 * 29) Sam Harrison 23:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC) Chester, particularly Christleton High School, Christleton and Hoole.
 * 30) Bs0u60d3 16:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC). I've lived in Warrington all my life, and will try and contribute to this great county wherever I can.
 * 31) Joopercoopers (talk) 15:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC) Architecture, photography, beer - based in south cheshire, but get over to chester, northwich etc. on regular basis - give me shout if you'd like anything photographing - I've just got a decent camera, so I'm keen to try it out...on everything.
 * 32)  安東尼   TALKies  15:16, 1 September 2008 (UTC) Hi I live and Study in Sandbach and have tried to Aid Navigation of Churches articles and will try to help articles in CBC
 * 33)  Coldmachine Talk 23:49, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 34) Floorhugger (talk) 21:57, 5 November 2008 (UTC) I will be concentrating on the Crewe and Nantwich areas.
 * 35) Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 21:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC) Sandbach and the surrounding area. Specialise in railways and sport.
 * 36) -- Scythre Talk Contribs  20:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC) -- NW Cheshire.
 * 37) Southdunedain (talk) 21:02, 15 August 2009 (UTC) Cheshire County Council and SW Cheshire.
 * 38) Geopersona (talk) 22:28, 16 January 2010 (UTC) Now an exile but a long-term resident with an interest in the county's geology and geography amongst other things.
 * 39) TimMassey An exile from nearby Staffordshire, now been in Macclesfield 20 years. Started the Roads in Cheshire listing November 2010 as listed in the To Do Section.
 * 40) Cesdeva 13:00, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 41) Dadge 10 December 2017 From Congleton; hoping to add missing location pages and add historical governance info.
 * 42) Dave.Dunford Belatedly joining; I've been adding detail to Cheshire articles for years. Main interests are listed buildings, walking and natural sites.

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Featured articles
Jonathan Agnew • Adrian Boult • Neil Brooks • James Chadwick • Dispute between Darnhall and Vale Royal Abbey • John Douglas (English architect) • Reginald Heber • Lindow Man • Little Moreton Hall • Manchester Ship Canal • Northern England • Norton Priory • Joseph Priestley • Edmund Sharpe

Former featured articles
M62 motorway • Lottie Dod • John Vanbrugh

Featured lists
List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England • Grade I listed churches in Cheshire • List of castles in Cheshire • List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas • List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas • List of new churches by John Douglas • List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas • Listed buildings in Runcorn (rural area) • Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area) • Listed buildings in Widnes

Featured topics
Overview of Harry Styles

Good articles
3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment • St Mary's Church, Acton • Adlington Hall • Muthu Alagappan • All Saints' Church, Runcorn • Ben Amos • St Mary's Church, Astbury • Beeston Castle • Bradwall • Thomas Brassey • Bridgewater Canal • Battle of Brunanburh • Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet • Mike Bullen • Capesthorne Hall • Chester Canal • Chester Cathedral • Chester Rows • Cholmondeley Castle • Churche's Mansion • Daniel Craig • Crewe Alexandra F.C. • Crewe Hall • Darnhall Abbey • Hilda Ellis Davidson • Deva Victrix • Eaton Hall, Cheshire • Eddisbury hill fort • Rowland Egerton-Warburton • Gawsworth Old Hall • Goat tower • Thomas Harrison (architect) • Jodrell Bank Observatory • Eddie Johnson (English footballer) • Margaret Ursula Jones • Lovell Telescope • Lyme Park • Levi Mackin • Maiden Castle, Cheshire • Middlewich • St Mary's Church, Nantwich • St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley • One Direction • Peak District • Peckforton Castle • Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal • Plegmund • River Weaver • Mark Roberts (footballer, born 1983) • Nick Robinson (journalist) • Rode Hall • Battle of Rowton Heath • Runcorn • Harry Styles • Tabley House • Robert Tatton • Stuart Tomlinson • Alan Turing • Vale Royal Abbey • Widnes • William Windsor (goat)

Former good articles
A500 road • Halton Castle

Did you know? articles
2–18 St Werburgh Street, Chester • 3–31 Northgate Street, Chester • A535 road • 9 Mill Street, Nantwich • 19–21 Sankey Street, Warrington • 30 Bridge Street, Chester • 31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester • 39 Welsh Row, Nantwich • 78–94 Foregate Street, Chester • 116 Hospital Street, Nantwich • 140–142 Hospital Street, Nantwich • 2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election • Acton, Cheshire • Addleshaw Tower • Muthu Alagappan • Thomas Aldersey • All Saints' Church, Runcorn • All Saints Church, Scholar Green • William Allen (banker) • Arley Hall • St Mary's Chapel, Arley • Bache Hall • Ball Farm • Barnston Memorial • Christ Church, Barnton • Bear and Billet • Bear's Paw Hotel, Frodsham • Diana Beck • Bickerton Hill • Bishop Lloyd's House • Bluecap Memorial • Boer War Memorial, Winsford • Bonewaldesthorne's Tower • Booth Mansion • Thomas Brassey • Bridgemere • Tom Brittleton • Molly Clutton-Brock • Neil Brooks • Battle of Brunanburh • Statue of Sir John Brunner • Bunbury Agreement • Burleydam • Sarah Burton • Hall Caine • Capesthorne Hall • Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle • Carnegie Library, Runcorn • Catalyst Science Discovery Centre • David Chadwick (politician, born 1821) • James Chadwick • Chantry House, Bunbury • Blue Bell, Chester • Chester Castle • Chester Cathedral • List of sections of Chester city walls and associated structures • Chester College Chapel • The Chester Grosvenor Hotel • Chester Racecourse • Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester • Chester Roman Amphitheatre • Chester Rows • Chester Shot Tower • Chester Town Hall • Chester War Memorial • Chester city walls • Cholmondeston • Chorley Old Hall • Churche's Mansion • Combermere Abbey • Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam • William Cotton (missionary) • Crewe Alexandra F.C. • Boer War Memorial, Crewe • Crewe Hall • Listed buildings in Crewe • Crewe War Memorial • Crown Hotel, Nantwich • Crypt Chambers • All Saints' Church, Daresbury • Daresbury (Mersey flat) • Selina Davenport • Hilda Ellis Davidson • De laude Cestrie • Delamere Forest • Vin Denson • Listed buildings in Dodcott cum Wilkesley • Arthur Dodd (British Army soldier) • John Douglas (English architect) • Cecil Duckworth • Dutton Horse Bridge • Eastgate, Chester • Eddisbury hill fort • Monument to Captain John Francis Egerton • Rowland Egerton-Warburton • Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum • Equestrian statue of Viscount Combermere • The Falcon, Chester • Fantasy-Sonata (John Ireland) • Forests of Mara and Mondrem • Four Counties Ring • Gamul House • Gaskell Memorial Tower and King's Coffee House • William Gaskell • Alice E. Gillington • Goat tower • God's Providence House, Chester • Andor Gomme • Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden • Great Budworth • Listed buildings in Great Budworth • Antony Grey • Grosvenor Bridge (Chester) • Grosvenor Museum • Grosvenor Park, Chester • Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet • St Mary's Church, Hale • James Hall (historian) • Handbridge • Hankelow • List of works by Thomas Harrison • Hatherton, Cheshire • Hatherton Flush • Henbury Hall, Cheshire • Sol Heras • St John's Church, High Legh • Hockenhull Platts • Randle Holme • John Riley Holt • Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton • Hospital of St Nicholas, Nantwich • Hough Hole House • Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) • Robert Spear Hudson • Samuel Huggins • William Huggins (animal artist) • Huxley Hoard • Ince Manor • Maria Elizabetha Jacson • Margaret Ursula Jones • Tara Jones • Justice of Chester • Kelsborrow Castle • Libby Lane • Peter Leycester • List of castles in Cheshire • List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire (1066–1539) • List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cheshire • John Hunter Littler • Lower Huxley Hall • Lyceum Theatre, Crewe • Lyme Caxton Missal • Lymm Hall • Listed buildings in Lymm • Macclesfield Castle • Macclesfield Cenotaph • Christ Church, Macclesfield • Macclesfield F.C. • Macclesfield Forest • Tommy Magee • Maiden Castle, Cheshire • Marbury, Cheshire • Marbury Hall, Anderton with Marbury • Mark II (radio telescope) • St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton • Mellor's Gardens • Minshull Vernon • Statue of Ludwig Mond • Church of St Cuthbert by the Forest • 1–5 Pillory Street, Nantwich • 46 High Street, Nantwich • Nantwich Bridge • Nantwich Castle • Congregational Chapel, Nantwich • Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich • Nantwich Grammar School • Wesleyan Methodist Church, Nantwich • Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich • Nantwich Workhouse • National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port • New Cheshire Salt Works • Norcliffe Chapel • Holy Trinity Church, Northwich • Listed buildings in Northwich • Norton Priory • Oakfield Manor • Oakmere Hall • Oddfellows' Hall, Chester • George Ormerod • William Owen (architect, born 1846) • Bryony Page • Parker's Buildings, Chester • Joseph Partridge (historian) • Gavin Patterson • Pawn Stars UK • Peckforton Castle • Peckforton • Peover Hall • Peover Hall Stable Block • Teresia Constantia Phillips • Phoenix Tower, Chester • St Peter's Church, Plemstall • Poole, Cheshire • Poole Hall • Lyceum, Port Sunlight • Puddington Old Hall • Queen's Aid House • Holly Quin-Ankrah • Simon Radley • Ramsdell Hall • Regent and Warwick House • Rocksavage • John Romney • Rookery Hall • Round Tower Lodge • Bridgewater House, Runcorn • Runcorn Docks • Runcorn Town Hall • Runcorn signal box • Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley • Saighton Grange Gatehouse • Saighton Grange • St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston • St Lawrence's Church, Stoak • St Mary's Church, Widnes • St Mary's School, Eccleston • St Oswald's Chambers, Chester • St Paul's Church, Hooton • St Werburgh's Mount, Chester • St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandiway • Sankey Valley Park • Shotwick Hall • Shrigley Hall • Siege of Chester • David Simpson (priest) • Snugburys • Sound, Cheshire • Sound Heath • Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley • Maude Stanley • Stanley Palace • Oliver Starkey • Statue of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquess of Westminster • Statue of St Christopher, Norton Priory • Harry Styles • Sutton Tunnel railway accident • Sweetbriar Hall • Tabley House • Tarporley Hunt Club • Tatton Hall • Tegg's Nose • Arnold Thornely • Sophie Thornhill • Three Old Arches • Tollemache Almshouses • James Trubshaw • Viola Beach • Walmoor Hill • Warmingham • Holy Trinity Church, Warrington • Warrington Town Hall • Water Tower, Chester • Waverton school and schoolmaster's house • Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster • Memorial to John Whitaker • Charles Wigg • Roger Wilbraham • Roger Wilbraham (MP) • Wilbraham's Almshouses, Nantwich • William Windsor (goat) • Winnington Hall • Ben Woodburn • Listed buildings in Wrenbury cum Frith • Wrexham Road Farm, Eccleston • Wright's Almshouses, Nantwich

Improving Articles
This entire section gives information about Cheshire-related articles as they progress from simple stubs into becoming Featured Articles with Featured Status. In general, articles should move down into later sub-sections, ending up in the "Featured articles" sub-section at the end. The methods that are used to assess articles are described in the next-but-one main section.

Articles up to becoming candidates for but not yet attaining Good Article (GA) status
This section deals with the creation of a basic article from simple stub via a short article into one which can be considered, with a little work, to become a candidate for Good Article (GA) status. Articles can be added at any stage in this sub-section. Once an article moves into a later sub-section (1.2 and beyond), it should never return to this one.

New articles
Please feel free to list your new Cheshire-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page. The following articles have either been created or added to the Cheshire WikiProject recently:


 * Shell Technology Centre (17 November 2020)
 * Basford Hall Yard (15 November 2020)
 * Constable of Chester (15 November 2020)
 * Macclesfield group power stations (30 October 2020)
 * Cats Tor (26 September 2020)
 * Kerridge Hill (23 September 2020)
 * Hatherton Flush (14 March 2020)
 * Ball Farm (11 March 2020)
 * Cheshire College – South & West (4 February 2020)
 * Macclesfield Town Hall (23 January 2020)

Recently expanded or substantially changed articles
Please feel free to list Cheshire-related articles here that you have substantially reworked or expanded. This could also include cases where you have added substantial citations and references to an article. This may help generate interest in articles and improve them further. Any such articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.


 * Hankelow (12 November 2020) start:, finish:
 * Chester Crown Court (9 October 2020) start:, finish:
 * County Hall, Chester (8 October 2020) start:, finish:
 * Crewe Arms Hotel (8 October 2020) start:, finish:
 * Hatherton, Cheshire (14 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Swanley, Cheshire (9 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Broomhall, Cheshire (6 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Basford, Cheshire (5 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Norbury, Cheshire (4 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Blakenhall, Cheshire (3 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Batherton (2 March 2020) start:, finish:
 * Chorlton, Cheshire East (1 March 2020) start:, finish:

Achieving Good article (GA) status
Articles listed here are either close to being nominated for Good Article (GA) status, have been nominated, or have achieved Good Article status. Good articles gives more information about this status for articles. The criteria an article has to meet or exceed for it to be given Good Article status can be read about here. The process by which an article is nominated for Good Article status can be found here. Good Article status can be viewed as a stepping stone to achieving Featured Article status.

Articles approaching Good Article standard
These articles should be judged to require only a relatively small amount of work before they can be nominated for Good Article status.


 * none at this time

Good Article nominees

 * none at this time

Peer review/Featured article (list) candidates (FAC/FLC)
The following articles are in review as Featured article candidates or Featured list candidates:


 * None at present

Good topics

 * none at this time

Article statistics
Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Cheshire supported articles. The stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Cheshire (and replacing Foobar) into the Category box here (or else here).


 * Click here to see a monthly break down of the Project's progress.

Did you know (DYK?)
People are encouraged to nominate articles that fall within the scope of this project for appearance on the Did you know? box on the Main Page.

Eligible articles may only be up to 7 days old, of at least 1500 characters, or significantly expanded beyond 1500 characters in the last 7 days. They should also satisfy the requirements found here. You should follow the instructions, and then add the nomination in the correct format, and in the correct place.

Proposed
The following articles have been proposed for the DYK? section of the main page.


 * None at present

Article Categories
These are some of the major categories that are used to classify the articles for the benefit of end-users of Wikipedia.


 * Category:Cheshire
 * Category:Politics of Cheshire
 * Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
 * Category:Civil parishes in Cheshire
 * Category:Civil parishes in the Borough of Halton
 * Category:Civil parishes in Warrington
 * Category:Buildings and structures in Cheshire
 * Category:Listed buildings in Cheshire
 * Category:Castles in Cheshire
 * Category:Churches in Cheshire
 * Category:Towns in Cheshire
 * Category:Villages in Cheshire
 * Category:People from Cheshire
 * Category:History of Cheshire
 * Category:Canals in Cheshire
 * Category:Tourist attractions in Cheshire
 * Category:Gardens in Cheshire
 * Category:Hills of Cheshire
 * Category:Rivers of Cheshire
 * Category:Lakes and reservoirs of Cheshire
 * Category:Geology of Cheshire
 * Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cheshire
 * Category:Footpaths in Cheshire
 * Category:Parks and open spaces in Cheshire
 * Category:Transport in Cheshire
 * Category:Ports and harbours of Cheshire
 * Category:Sport in Cheshire
 * Category:Companies based in Cheshire
 * Category:Education in Cheshire
 * Category:Hospitals in Cheshire
 * Category:Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Cheshire
 * Category:National Trust properties in Cheshire
 * Category:Houses in Cheshire
 * Category:Bridges in Cheshire
 * Category:Radio stations in Cheshire
 * Category:Museums in Cheshire

The full category tree:

Administrative Categories
These are categories that are helpful to the running and administration of the Cheshire WikiProject. They will (and should) appear on the talk pages of articles.