Shotwick

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title: "Shotwick" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-cheshire", "former-civil-parishes-in-cheshire", "cheshire-west-and-chester"] description: "Village in Cheshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-cheshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotwick" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Cheshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Shotwick
coordinates
population	58
population_ref	(2001 census)
civil_parish	Puddington
unitary_england	Cheshire West and Chester
lieutenancy_england	Cheshire
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Chester North and Neston
post_town	CHESTER
postcode_district	CH1
postcode_area	CH
dial_code	01244
os_grid_reference	SJ337718
static_image	Houses in Shotwick - geograph.org.uk - 203126.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Houses in Shotwick village
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|country= England |official_name= Shotwick |coordinates = |population= 58 |population_ref = (2001 census) |civil_parish= Puddington |unitary_england= Cheshire West and Chester |lieutenancy_england= Cheshire |region= North West England |constituency_westminster= Chester North and Neston |post_town= CHESTER |postcode_district= CH1 |postcode_area= CH |dial_code= 01244 |os_grid_reference= SJ337718 |static_image= Houses in Shotwick - geograph.org.uk - 203126.jpg |static_image_width= 240px |static_image_caption= Houses in Shotwick village Shotwick is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Puddington, on the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is close to the county of Flintshire on the England–Wales border. The village was located on the River Dee until it was canalised in 1736 after which the reclaimed land has since developed into the neighbouring Deeside Industrial Park.

History

Shotwick is recorded in the Domesday book (1086), within the Cheshire Hundred of Willaston, with six households listed. Shotwick Castle was built about 1093 by Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester, at what is now Shotwick Park and near the River Dee, before the area succumbed to the effects of silting. The Norman castle lay in ruins by the 17th century and now only the foundations remain. Henry II left from Shotwick for Ireland and Edward I used the port to leave for Wales in 1278.

The village, including part of the hamlet of Two Mills was within the Wirral Hundred, with a population of 95 in 1801, 100 in 1851, 82 in 1901, 70 in 1951 and 58 in 2001. It currently has a population of 120. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged into Puddington.

Gallery

File:St. Michael's church, Shotwick - geograph.org.uk - 649501.jpg|St. Michael's church, Shotwick File:Bench, Shotwick 1.JPG|Millennium bench File:Shotwick 4.JPG|Cottage in Shotwick

References

References

1. "117 Chester & Wrexham/Caer A Wrecsam". Ordnance Survey.
2. "Place: Shotwick". Open Domesday.
3. "History of Saughall". Saughall & Shotwick Parish Council.
4. (May 1997). "Ornamental water garden found at Cheshire castle".
5. Thornber, Craig. "Shotwick". Cheshire Antiquities.
6. ''Chester Diocesan News'', December 2014
7. "Shotwick". GENUKI.
8. "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD.

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