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This web site has been created to enable you to learn about Knutsford, a historic Cheshire town rich in heritage and brimming with variety. This site is not live at the moment |
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Canutesford, now Knutsford, is rich in history. Many travellers have added
to the town's story, from the Danish king Canute - hence the town's name -
who forded the river Lily in 1016, to Prince Rupert in the Civil War of 1651, and General "blood and guts" Patton in 1943.
Elizabeth Gaskell, a contemporary of novelist Charles Dickens, lived in the town, charmingly portrayed in her famous novel, Cranford.
Edward "Highwayman" Higgins, a Knutsford gentleman by day and a notorius robber by night is another well known character from Knutsford as is Trumpert Major Smith who sounded the famous "charge" into the valley of death at Balaclava.
The town is full of friendly surpises - "ginnels, cobbles and courtyards" to explore from "Top Street" to "Bottom Street", boutiques to antiques, purveryors of wines, cheese and herbs, to galleries of art and interior design. Quality restuarants, coffee houses and inns - a choice to satisfy all.
Knutsford has withstood the pressures of modern development and has preserved the special character and charisma of its central area. It is not surprising that the town was rightly designated the first Conservation Area in Cheshire.
