Dunham on the Hill

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Dunham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It is located on the A56 main road, near Helsby.The village of Dunham on the Hill is mentioned in Domesday Book. It is situated 120ft above sea level, south west of Helsby Hill, and 6mi from Chester. Originally a small hamlet, it has gradually enlarged, and is now divided by the A56 main road. Council housing was built shortly after the Second World War behind ‘The Wheatsheaf' pub, many of these are now owner occupied. Other in-fill building in the village has increased the population of the parish from fewer than 300 in the early 1900s to 534 recorded in the 2001 Census, then decreasing slightly to 501 at the 2011 Census.Dunham Hill railway station was closed in 1952.The village school closed in 2008. The 'Dunham Arms' pub reopened in 2010.ChurchesThe parish church of St Luke was built in the 1860s as a chapel of ease. Before this villagers had to walk across the fields to Thornton-le-Moors in order to attend church services. Services are held here at 9.30 every Sunday morning.The village also has two Methodist chapels, both now converted into dwellings. The Wesleyan Methodist church in the centre of Dunham was the first place of worship to be built in the village. Hapsford Methodist Church is on the A56 between Dunham and its neighbouring village, Hapsford.

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Dunham on the Hill is Chester based place and this enity listed in City category.