Editing Frodsham (section)

===Early history===
[[File:83-89 Main Street, Frodsham.jpg|thumb|17th century cottages on Main Street]]
Frodsham Hill is the location of an [[Iron Age]] [[promontory fort]], the outline of which can still be seen.<ref>{{cite PastScape |mnumber= 71527|access-date= 28 November 2017}}</ref>

The town is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] origin; its 11th-century church is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]]. Frodsham was an important manor of the medieval Earls of Chester and was created a borough in the early 13th century, probably by Earl Ranulf III. The mouth of the [[River Weaver]], where it joins the Mersey, made Frodsham into a significant port for the coasting trade, particularly for the export of [[Salt in Cheshire|Cheshire salt]], brought down the river from [[Northwich]] and [[Nantwich]]. The site of the [[manor house]] was in Castle Park; the building was of stone and was fortified. In an account of 1315 it is called 'castellum' (little castle), although 'manerium' (manor house) was the usual designation.