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| − | '''Cheshire'''. also known as the '''County Palatine of Chester''', is a county in north-west England. | + | [[File:Cheshire unitary number.png|thumb|Cheshire showing the unitary authorities:<br> |
| + | 1 [[Cheshire West and Chester]]<br> | ||
| + | 2 [[Cheshire East]]<br> | ||
| + | 3 [[Warrington]]<br> | ||
| + | 4 [[Halton]]]]'''Cheshire'''. also known as the '''County Palatine of Chester''', is a county in north-west England. | ||
There is no county council; local government functions are carried out by four unitary authorities: | There is no county council; local government functions are carried out by four unitary authorities: | ||
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''[[Cheshire Cheese]]'' provides news and information for LGBT people living in the county.<ref>http://www.cheshirecheese.org.uk/</ref> | ''[[Cheshire Cheese]]'' provides news and information for LGBT people living in the county.<ref>http://www.cheshirecheese.org.uk/</ref> | ||
| − | Cheshire | + | [[File:Waters2017.JPG|thumb|left| Talk on Cheshire homosexual offences in the 1950s]]. |
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| + | [[Alan Turing]] lived in Wilmslow, Cheshire. In 1952 Turing's charges of [[gross indecency]] were tried at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions in [[Knutsford]]. In 2017 Chris Waters gave a keynote talk about his research into male homosexual offences in Cheshire in the 1950s at the Queer Lives Past and Present Conference <ref> Held at Birkbeck College, London </ref>. | ||
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| + | Cheshire Archives and Local Studies holds a collection of records collated by a Heritage Lottery project called 'From Prejudice to Pride'<ref> A year in the archives 2018' leaflet produced by The National Archives.. The project was run by Body Positive Cheshire and North Wales </ref>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:46, 6 April 2022
Cheshire showing the unitary authorities:
1 Cheshire West and Chester
2 Cheshire East
3 Warrington
4 Halton
1 Cheshire West and Chester
2 Cheshire East
3 Warrington
4 Halton
There is no county council; local government functions are carried out by four unitary authorities:
LGBT History
Cheshire Cheese provides news and information for LGBT people living in the county.[1]
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Alan Turing lived in Wilmslow, Cheshire. In 1952 Turing's charges of gross indecency were tried at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions in Knutsford. In 2017 Chris Waters gave a keynote talk about his research into male homosexual offences in Cheshire in the 1950s at the Queer Lives Past and Present Conference [2].
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies holds a collection of records collated by a Heritage Lottery project called 'From Prejudice to Pride'[3].
References
- ↑ http://www.cheshirecheese.org.uk/
- ↑ Held at Birkbeck College, London
- ↑ A year in the archives 2018' leaflet produced by The National Archives.. The project was run by Body Positive Cheshire and North Wales
