Daresbury
53.34 - 2.6319444444444Koordinaten: 53 ° 20 ' N, 2 ° 38 ' W
Daresbury is a town in the unitary authority of Halton in Cheshire County in the North West of England and has 3906 inhabitants ( 2001).
Science and Technology
In Daresbury Daresbury is the laboratory that the CCLRC heard ( Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils ), since 2007 part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Here a large particle accelerator called synchrotron radiation source was operated, which was closed in 2008.
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), writer (Alice in Wonderland )
Attractions
In the Daniell Chapel, built in 1550, is a window that Lewis Carroll, Alice and other fictional characters like the White Rabbit, Dodo, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the King and Queen of Hearts shows.
At the bottom of the window you can find the word:
In memory of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( Lewis Carroll ) Author of Alice in Wonderland.