Cheshire (/ˈtʃɛʃər,-ɪər/ CHESH-É™r, -â  eer; (Welsh: Sir Gaer)
archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West
England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north,
Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south, and
Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough in Wales to the west. Cheshire's
county town is the City of Chester (79,645); the largest town is
Warrington (210,014). Other major towns include Crewe (75,000),
Runcorn (61,789), Widnes (61,464), Ellesmere Port (55,715),
Macclesfield (52,044), Winsford (33,700) and Northwich (19,924).The
county covers 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and has a population of
around 1 million. It is mostly rural, with a number of small towns and
villages supporting the agricultural and other industries which
produce Cheshire cheese, salt, chemicals and silk.Cheshire's name was
originally derived from an early name for Chester, and was first
recorded as Legeceasterscir in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, meaning "the
shire of the city of legions". Although the name first appears in 980,
it is thought that the county was created by Edward the Elder around
920. In the Domesday Book, Chester was recorded as having the name
Cestrescir (Chestershire), derived from the name for Chester at the
time. A series of changes that occurred as English itself changed,
together with some simplifications and elision, resulted in the name
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