Thornton-le-Moors

Thornton-le-Moors is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the census of 2001 it had a population of 260, reducing slightly to 253 at the 2011 census.The village is seven miles north east of the city of Chester. It is situated to the south of the A5117 road. To the north of the village is the Stanlow Refinery. To the west is the nearest town of Ellesmere Port and to the north west is the nearest village, EltonHistoryThornton le Moors was a township in Thornton Parish, Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866.Religious sitesSt Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors is a Grade I listed building. The church has recently undergone restoration.