Ledsham, Cheshire

Village in England

Ledsham

Village

Inglewood Manor Hotel, Ledsham

Ledsham

Location within Cheshire

Population| 181 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference| SJ358745
Civil parish|

* Ledsham

Unitary authority|

* Cheshire West and Chester

Ceremonial county|

* Cheshire

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode district| CH66
Dialling code| 0151
Police| Cheshire
Fire| Cheshire
Ambulance| North West
UK Parliament|

* Chester North and Neston

List of places

England
Cheshire

53°15′50″N 2°57′47″W﻿ / ﻿53.264°N 2.963°W﻿ / 53.264; -2.963

Ledsham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish includes parts of the hamlets of Badger's Rake and Two Mills.[1] It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north of the city of Chester and 6 km (3.7 mi) to the west of Ellesmere Port.

At the 2011 Census, the village had a population of 181.[2]

## History

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In 1085, Ledsham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Levetesham. The landowner was Walter de Vernon.[3] The land passed by will from the Massey family to Sir Thomas Stanley of Hooton in 1715.[4]

Formerly a township in Neston parish of the Wirral Hundred, it became a civil parish in 1866. The population was recorded at 56 in 1801, 94 in 1851, 82 in 1901, 116 in 1951 and 88 in 2001.[1]

The village was served by Ledsham railway station on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway. A local cottage had been used as the station building, until the provision of more substantial facilities.[5] At its height, Ledsham station had four platforms and was situated at the southern end of the railway's quadrupled section. The station never achieved the commercial potential expected by its owners, primarily due to its remote rural location.[6] Ledsham station closed completely on 20 July 1959.[5] However, two tracks of the line are still part of the Merseyrail network.

## Governance

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Ledsham is within the Chester North and Neston parliamentary constituency. At local government level the area is divided between Ledsham & Manor[7] and Saughall & Mollington wards.[8] as of 2025.

## Geography

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The village centre is located approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) to the north west of Capenhurst, with the area around the former railway station 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north, in the vicinity of Little Sutton.[9]

## Transport

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To the north and west of Ledsham, the A550 Welsh Road connects the A41 and A540.

The nearest station is Capenhurst railway station on Merseyrail's Wirral line, with services between Liverpool and Chester.

## Landmarks

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Inglewood is a Grade II listed building in Ledsham, which was built as a private house in 1909.[10] As of 2025 the building is the Inglewood Manor Hotel.[11]

## See also

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* Cheshire portal

* Listed buildings in Ledsham, Cheshire

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ledsham". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. ^ "2011 Census". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
3. ^ "Cheshire L-Z: Ledsham". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
4. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1858). "Ledsham". A Topographical Dictionary of England. UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
5. ^ a b Maund, T.B. (2000). The Birkenhead Railway. The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-87-8.
6. ^ Merseyside Railway History Group (c. 1994). Railway Stations of Wirral. Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey. ISBN 1-899241-02-7.
7. ^ "Ward Profile report: Ledsham & Manor Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. ^ "Ward Profile report: Saughall & Mollington Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
9. ^ "Side by side maps: OS 25in & Bing 2020 hybrid". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
10. ^ Historic England, "Inglewood, Ledsham (1115710)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 July 2020
11. ^ "Inglewood Manor Hotel". Boutique Hotels Group. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

## External links

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Principal settlements|

* Chester
* Ellesmere Port
* Frodsham
* Neston
* Northwich
* Winsford

Civil parishes (current)|

* Acton Bridge
* Agden
* Aldersey
* Aldford and Saighton
* Allostock
* Alvanley
* Anderton with Marbury
* Antrobus
* Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel
* Aston
* Bache
* Backford
* Barnton
* Barrow
* Barton
* Beeston
* Bostock
* Broxton
* Burwardsley
* Byley
* Capenhurst
* Carden
* Chester Castle
* Chidlow
* Chorlton
* Chowley
* Christleton
* Churton
* Clotton Hoofield
* Clutton
* Coddington
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* Cuddington (near Eddisbury)
* Cuddington (near Malpas)
* Darnhall
* Davenham
* Delamere and Oakmere
* Dodleston
* Duckington
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* Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford
* Dutton
* Eaton and Eccleston
* Elton
* Farndon
* Frodsham
* Golborne David
* Great Boughton
* Great Budworth
* Guilden Sutton
* Handley
* Hargrave and Huxley
* Hartford
* Harthill
* Helsby
* Huntington
* Ince
* Kelsall
* Kingsley
* Kingsmead
* Lach Dennis
* Lea-by-Backford
* Ledsham
* Little Budworth
* Little Leigh
* Little Stanney
* Littleton
* Lostock Gralam
* Malpas
* Manley
* Marston
* Mickle Trafford and District
* Mollington
* Moston
* Mouldsworth
* Moulton
* Neston
* Nether Peover
* No Man’s Heath and District
* Norley
* Northwich
* Poulton and Pulford
* Puddington
* Rowton
* Rudheath
* Rushton
* Saughall and Shotwick Park
* Shocklach Oviatt and District
* Sproston
* Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
* Stoak
* Stretton
* Sutton Weaver
* Tarporley
* Tarvin
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* Thornton-le-Moors
* Threapwood
* Tilston
* Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall
* Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley
* Upton-by-Chester
* Utkinton and Cotebrook
* Waverton
* Weaverham
* Wervin
* Whitegate and Marton
* Whitley
* Wigland
* Willington
* Wincham
* Winsford

Civil parishes (former)|

* Aldford
* Ashton Hayes
* Bickley
* Bradley
* Bridge Trafford
* Bruen Stapleford
* Buerton
* Burton
* Caldecott
* Caughall
* Chorlton-by-Backford
* Church Shocklach
* Churton by Aldford
* Churton by Farndon
* Churton Heath
* Claverton
* Cotton Abbotts
* Cotton Edmunds
* Crewe-by-Farndon
* Delamere
* Dunham-on-the-Hill
* Duddon
* Eaton
* Eccleston
* Edge
* Edgerley
* Foulk Stapleford
* Golborne Bellow
* Grafton
* Hampton
* Hapsford
* Hatton
* Hockenhull
* Hoole Village
* Horton-by-Malpas
* Horton-cum-Peel
* Huxley
* Iddinshall
* Kings Marsh
* Larkton
* Lea Newbold
* Lower Kinnerton
* Macefen
* Marlston-cum-Lache
* Mickle Trafford
* Newton by Malpas
* Newton-by-Tattenhall
* Oakmere
* Oldcastle
* Overton
* Picton
* Poulton
* Prior's Heys
* Pulford
* Saighton
* Saughall
* Shocklach Oviatt
* Shotwick
* Shotwick Park
* Stanthorne
* Stockton
* Tattenhall
* Tilstone Fearnall
* Tiverton
* Tushingham cum Grindley
* Utkinton
* Wimbolds Trafford
* Wimboldsley
* Woodbank
* Wychough

Unparished areas|

* Chester
* Ellesmere Port

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Unitary authorities|

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* Halton
* Warrington

Major settlements
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* Alsager
* Birchwood
* Bollington
* Chester
* Congleton
* Crewe
* Culcheth
* Ellesmere Port
* Frodsham
* Handforth
* Holmes Chapel
* Knutsford
* Lymm
* Macclesfield
* Malpas
* Middlewich
* Nantwich
* Neston
* Northwich
* Poynton
* Runcorn
* Sandbach
* Warrington
* Widnes
* Wilmslow
* Winsford
See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire

Rivers|

* Bollin
* Croco
* Dane
* Dean
* Dee
* Gowy
* Goyt
* Mersey
* Weaver
* Waldron
* Wheelock

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