James is the history columnist for Warrington Worldwide magazine and also presenter and producer of his own youtube history channel 'Tvpresenter4history' featuring over seven hundred history features and documentaries written and presented by James covering historical places of interest across Cheshire and beyond.
The beauty of the Cheshire village of Lower Peover cannot be underestimated, with its chocolate box cottages, its wonderful old pub and stunning ancient church dating back to early medieval times.
It was a pleasant early summer afternoon when I wandered into the picturesque village of Great Budworth.
Just twelve miles to the south east of Warrington lies the picturesque village of Rostherne well known by many for its magnificent mere and nature reserve.
It was way back in the late 1970s when I first became interested in the history that surrounds us and what evidence may lay just inches below our feet.
ICONIC 1980s super groups ABC and the Human League took to the stage at a packed Victoria Park in Warrington on Friday night for a special show ahead of the Neighbourhood Weekender.
Close to Warrington in nearby Norton stands the historical remains of Norton Priory. The site is officially the most excavated monastery in Europe.
It was in the summer of 1998 when I first became interested in the possibility that the Romans had once occupied land close to Rixton and Warburton sometime between the 1st to 4th century AD.
Warrington is a town steeped in history dating back to the earliest times. Indeed, throughout the centuries members of the Mainwaring family were prominent landowners across Cheshire including owning land in Warrington.
Walking around Warrington town centre today, you could be forgiven for believing that most of the buildings are of modern construction mixed in with 19th-century structures built during the Victorian period and into the early 1900s. But a wander into the old marketplace is like taking a step back into history.
Deep in the heart of Cheshire, in the grounds of Dunham Massey park, once home to the Earls of Warrington, stands a stunning and mysterious archaic building hidden away amongst tall, mighty oak trees that have stood for over five hundred years in what was once a Medieval deer park.
