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Frodsham is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,982. increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles (26 km) south of Liverpool, and southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast and on the west it overlooks the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester–Manchester railway line pass through the town, and the M56 motorway passes to the northwest.
In medieval times Frodsham was an important borough and port belonging to the Earls of Chester Its parish church, St. Laurence's, still exhibits evidence of a building present in the 12th century in its nave and is referenced in the Domesday Book.
A market is held each Thursday, and Frodsham's viability as a trading centre is emphasised by the presence of the "big five" clearing banks and several building societies. Development in the town's shops and premises with alcohol licences is evident through the recent (post-2002) opening or modernisation of contemporary-style bar/restaurants, take-away food shops and public houses, and in the continued presence of small, specialised, businesses operating from town-centre shops.
Frodsham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alf Frodsham, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
- Charles Frodsham (1810–1871), English watch and clockmaker
- Eric Frodsham (1923–2003), English rugby league footballer
- Gareth Frodsham (born 1989), English rugby league footballer
- George Horsfall Frodsham, DD, an Anglican Bishop in the early Twentieth Century
- Ian Frodsham (1975–1995), English association footballer who was at Liverpool
- J D Frodsham Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University, Western Australia, and translator of Chinese literature