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Knutsford is a town in Cheshire, England, southwest of Manchester and northwest of Macclesfield. On the Cheshire Plain between the Peak District to the east and the Welsh mountains to the west, Knutsford and its surrounding villages are highly affluent residential areas, located in Cheshire's Golden Triangle. Knutsford is a dormitory town for people working in Manchester and Liverpool. Residents include actress Barbara Knox, singer Gary Barlow and comedian Sarah Millican; it is an area particularly popular among footballers, being home to Peter Crouch and Phil Jagielka. Knutsford's main town centre streets, Princess Street (also known locally as Top Street) and King Street lower down (also known as Bottom Street), form the "hub" of the town. At one end of the narrow King Street is an entrance to Tatton Park. The Tatton estate was home to the Egerton family, and has given its name to Tatton parliamentary constituency, which includes the neighbouring communities of Alderley Edge and Wilmslow. Former Parliamentary representatives include the BBC war correspondent Martin Bell, who stood as an Independent in 1997 to defeat the disgraced former Conservative Party MP, Neil Hamilton. The present MP for Tatton is the Chancellor of The Exchequer, the Right Honourable George Osborne. ==History== Knutsford was recorded in the William the Conqueror's ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Cunetesford'' ("''Canute's ford''"). King Canute (''Knútr'' in Old Norse) was the king of England (1016–1035) and later king of Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden as well. Local tradition says that King Canute blessed a wedding that was taking place and forded the River Lily, which was said to be dangerous then, though other reports say it was the Birkin Brook at or near Booth Mill.〔. 〕 The English Place-Name Society gives the name as being derived from the Old English for ''Knutr's ford'' or possibly ''hillock ford''. Knutsford Gaol was built in 1817 and later extended in 1853. During the First World War it was used as a military prison. The Gaol was demolished in 1934.〔http://www.knutsfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/History/LocalHistory〕 Knutsford was the place in which General George S. Patton, shortly before the Normandy invasion, delivered a speech perceived to be critical of the Soviets, and to have "slap(ped) the face of every one of the United Nations except Great Britain", which nearly ended his career. After the Second World War overspill housing estates were created in the town to accommodate families from Manchester. The Longridge overspill estate was built in Over Ward by Manchester City Council in the 1960s. At the end of the 20th century, all of the homes on the estate that had not already been sold to their occupants were transferred to Manchester Methodist Housing. In 2005 Knutsford was named as the most expensive town to buy a house in Northern England, followed by nearby town Altrincham. There is an extremely large range of house prices in Knutsford, currently varying from approximately £79,000 to £3,850,000.〔http://www.fish4.co.uk/homes/search/location-wa16/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knutsford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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