Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton
in Cheshire, England. Its population in 2011 was 61,789. The town is
in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region on the southern bank of
the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. To
the north across the River Mersey is Widnes, with Warrington 7 miles
(11 km) to the northeast and Liverpool 11 miles (18 km) to the
northwest.Runcorn was founded by Ethelfleda in 915 AD as a
fortification to guard against Viking invasion at a narrowing of the
River Mersey. Under Norman rule, Runcorn fell under the Barony of
Halton and an Augustinian abbey was established here in 1115. It
remained a small, isolated settlement until the Industrial Revolution
when the extension of the Bridgewater Canal to Runcorn in 1776
established it as a port which would link Liverpool with inland
Manchester and Staffordshire. The docks enabled the growth of
industry, initially shipwrights and sandstone quarries. In the late
18th and early 19th centuries, it was a spa and health resort but this
ended with the growth of polluting industries, especially soap and
chemical works. In 1964, Runcorn was designated a new town and
expanded eastward, swallowing neighbouring settlements and more than
doubling its population.Three bridges span the River Mersey and the
Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn: the Silver Jubilee Bridge, Mersey
Gateway, and Runcorn Railway Bridge. Its location between Liverpool
and Manchester and its links to the rail, motorway and canal networks
have made it a centre for manufacturing, logistics, and wholesale and
retail. The town's motto is Navem Mercibus Implere (Latin for "fill
the ship with goods"), a classical quotation from Juvenal. Runcorn Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter