The High Street, Tarporley
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The High Street, Tarporley by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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The High Street, Tarporley
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 Apr 2016
Tarporley is a large (population 2,614 at the 2011 Census) picturesque village on the west of the Cheshire Plain. It is believed that the High Street was part of a Roman Road called the Via Devana which ran from Chester to Colchester and the Domesday entry indicates that Tarporley was a small agricultural settlement in Norman times (http://www.tarporley.org.uk/about/history/ History of Tarporley). During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the village was on the route used by many traders travelling by coach between London and Chester as well as those dealing in salt mined in nearby Nantwich and it developed with many hostelries to revive the weary traveller (http://www.tarporley.net/main/about.htm About Tarporley). Two of those hostelries can be seen on the right hand side of the high street in this photograph. The Rising Sun is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1138443 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1138443&resourceID=5 Heritage Gateway) and, further along the street, with the flags outside, The Swan is listed at Grade II* (List Entry Number: 1136655 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1136655&resourceID=5 ).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.159186
Longitude
-2.668772