Place:Elton in Thornton, Cheshire, England

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NameElton in Thornton
Alt namesEltonsource: from redirect
Eltonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 52
TypeVillage
Coordinates53.267°N 2.817°W
Located inCheshire, England
See alsoThornton le Moors, Cheshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Eddisbury Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was situated
Cheshire West and Chester District, Cheshire, Englanddistrict municipality and unitary authority covering the area since 2009
NOTE: There was another place named Elton in Cheshire. To differentiate, it is called Elton in Warmingham. It was located in the southern part of Cheshire East.


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Elton in Thornton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) to the northeast of Chester, between Helsby and Ellesmere Port, near to the River Mersey. Its proximity to the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal have contributed to its industrial character. The village is on the northwestern edge of the Cheshire plain, approximately 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from Stanlow Refinery, a Shell facility and the seventh largest oil refinery in Europe. The refinery produces one-sixth of the United Kingdom's petrol.

At the time of the 2001 UK census, the village of Elton had a population of 3,528, increasing to 3,586 at the 2011 census.

By 2007, 65 hectares of the former Ince Power Station site near the Mersey had been redeveloped as part of a large bottle production factory owned by Quinn Glass, containing two glass melting furnaces and 13 bottle production lines. It was estimated that £250 million was invested into this project and the factory outputs 1.2 billion bottles per year.

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Elton was a township in Thornton le Moors ancient parish in Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. The population was 167 in 1801, 216 in 1851, 190 in 1901, 410 in 1951. (Source: GENUKI)


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