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High Street, TARPORLEY, CW6 0DX

Tarporley's brief brush with fame came when it was mentioned in Reggie Perrin: "is there anyone here from Tarporley?".

Looking north along High Street in Tarporley.

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). The village developed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as it was on the route used by many traders travelling by coach between London and Chester and those dealing in salt mined in nearby Nantwich; it is now bypassed by the A49 and A51 roads (http://www.tarporley.net/main/about.htm About Tarporley).

Carved stone post by the UC road (was A51), in parish of Tarporley (Vale Royal District), High Street, in pavement, back to brick wall of building, on West side of road. Chester Road stone, erected by the Nantwich & Woore turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : TO / Tarvin 5M / Chester 10 : : TaRpoRley / Township : : TO / Nantwich 9M / Woore 18 / Stone 30 / London 172 : Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1136670 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1136670 Milestone Society National ID: CH_CHNW10

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 ).