Ellesmere Port
53.28 - 2.8975Koordinaten: 53 ° 17 ' N, 2 ° 54 ' W
Ellesmere Port is an industrial city in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is located in Liverpool in the south of the Wirral Peninsula on the south bank of the Mersey Estuary. Nucleus of the town is the former village Netherpool. The city is part of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. Its population is 64,100 (as of 2001).
History
The name Ellesmere Port emerged only in the early 19th century. It is therefore not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. This is in contrast to some of today's suburbs whose names date back to ancient settlements.
1795 the first section of the designed by William Jessop and Thomas Telford Ellesmere Canal was opened. This concluded the village Netherpool on the River Mersey and led over the river Dee at Chester Ellesmere. As the name suggests, the modern city arose as a port for the inland location Ellesmere in Shropshire. Because after the opening of the channel 's name Netherpool ( " Ellesmere Port " ) was gradually replaced by Port of Ellesmere, and in the early 19th century it was Ellesmere Port.
The channel was originally to be extended further south to the Severn, but was never completed; Today he is part of the Shropshire Union Canal, which extends to Wolverhampton. Built in 1976 and recently "National Waterways Museum ," said Boat Museum recalls the history of the canal construction in the region.
Economy
In Ellesmere Port, several large companies have settled. These include above all the refinery in Stanlow from Shell, a work of the chemical company ICI and the work of the car manufacturer Vauxhall, which produces the Astra here.
Leisure
An important leisure centers are: The " National Museum of Waterways " with daily boat trips on the Shropshire Union Canal, the Aquarium "Blue Planet", which opened in 1995, with 145 transactions largest to over 25,000 m² British designer outlet center " Cheshire Oaks "together with adjoining leisure center " Coliseum " and a flea market in the central shopping center.
Traffic
Ellesmere Port can be reached via the motorways M 53 and M 56. A branch of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail suburban train similar system connects the city every half hour Birkenhead and Liverpool. From the train station can be reached by day 4 compounds also Helsby on the main line Chester - Manchester. Local bus routes, inter alia, to Chester, Liverpool and the North Wales Flintshire County. In addition to the Shropshire Union Canal, the city is also connected to the Manchester Ship Canal. In the district of Hooton was from 1917 to 1957 / 1962, a airport, which was also used for military purposes.
Personalities
From Ellesmere Port football player Joe Mercer (1914-1990), after whom a street is named in the city date, and Stan Cullis (1916-2001); also the writer Lillian Beckwith ( 1916-2004 ). In the city the singer Lee Latchford -Evans lives (* 1975). The British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott went to the Grange Secondary Modern School in Ellesmere Port, but is originally not from the city.
- Place in Cheshire West and Chester