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Daresbury and its church are most well known because of the connection with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, world famous as Lewis Carroll, who was born here in 1832 and baptised in the church.

The parish church of St Leonard is in an isolated and striking position on the slope of a hill overlooking the Arrow Valley.

This is one of those extraordinarily atmospheric churches that escaped the Victorian improvers.

It is believed that the present building has its origins in 12th century but there was probably an earlier Anglo Saxon or even Celtic church, for the boundary of the original churchyard forms an almost perfect circle, a feature shared with many churches of known Celtic origin.

A beautiful and ancient church founded by St Beuno in the 7th century, after which a stone church was built in the 14th century, and extensive rebuilding was done in 1769.

The church that was once a fort.

This church was built by the villagers on land donated by villagers and the vicars were employed by the villagers until 1900 when it was transferred to the Diocese of Lichfield.

Winefride (Gwenfrewi) was the daughter of a local prince named Tewyth and his wife Gwenlo, her uncle was St Beuno.

In 1826–27 this Commissioners Church was built as a chapel of ease to Great Budworth.

Designed by Austin and Paley construction began back in 1908 and was completed by 1910.