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Human settlement in England
Moore
is a village and
civil parish
in the
Borough of Halton
,
Cheshire
, England, located midway between
Runcorn
and
Warrington
. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 768.
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Etymology
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The name 'Moore' comes from the Old English word
mor
, meaning 'moor, or fen'. The village's earliest recording was as
Mora
, some time in the 12th century.
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citation needed
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History
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Moore is the site of a disused railway station named
Daresbury
. The railway station was opened in 1850 and was located on the south side of Runcorn Road. The station was closed to passengers in 1952 and closed completely in 1965. The platforms and ramps down from road are still visible from Runcorn Road. The railway station was situated on the
Birkenhead Joint Railway
close to Warrington and in the village of Moore. The railway station was the second to open in the village.
The first railway station which was very close by was part of the Grand Junction Railway which opened on 4 July 1837. Moore was a second class station at which a First Class train would not stop. The engineer for the northern half of the new railway was Joseph Locke who became a famous as a railway engineer. The date of closure of Moore railway station is uncertain.
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Daresbury railway station was initially called Moore but the name was changed to Daresbury in April 1861 taking its name from a village a mile or so away.
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The area of Moore to the north of the
West Coast Main Line
and west of Moss Lane was designated as part of Runcorn New Town in 1964 and the land allocated to industry.
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The New Town Masterplan was amended in 1975 to reduce the amount of industrial land around the village and to create a green buffer between it and what would become Manor Park Industrial Estate.
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Economy
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In 2020, the
GVA
for the Moore Built-up Area Sub-division was £142.7 million.
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Landmarks
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Moore's notable buildings are the village farmhouse, dating from the middle of the 17th century and
Moore Hall
, a five-
bay
manor house
, dating from the early 18th century.
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See also
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References
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a
b
UK Census
(2011).
"Local Area Report ? Moore Parish (E04000315)"
.
Nomis
.
Office for National Statistics
. Retrieved
29 November
2023
.
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"West Coast", The 175th Anniversary of Britain's Busiest Steam Line - Robin Jones - Mortons Media Group Ltd, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs. LN9 6JR, 2013
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Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838) Moorland Reprints: Moorland Publishing Co., Market Place, Hartington, Buxton, Derbyshire - 1974.
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Ling, Arthur (1967).
Runcorn New Town Master Plan
(PDF)
. Runcorn Development Corporation.
OCLC
311425
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 21 June 2018
. Retrieved
25 February
2018
.
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"Runcorn New Town Master Plan Amendment No.2"
(PDF)
. Runcorn Development Corporation. 1975. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 11 April 2013
. Retrieved
24 July
2020
.
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Chiripanhura, Blessing; Fenton, Trevor (24 January 2023).
"UK small area gross value added (GVA) estimates"
.
Office for National Statistics
. Retrieved
28 November
2023
.
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Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew;
Hubbard, Edward
;
Pevsner, Nikolaus
(2011) [1971],
Cheshire
, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London:
Yale University Press
, p. 486,
ISBN
978-0-300-17043-6
External links
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Media related to
Moore, Cheshire
at Wikimedia Commons
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