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Further details regarding the area's history can be found [http://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/bachemillpond.html here].
Further details regarding the area's history can be found [http://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/bachemillpond.html here].

Bache Golf Club (now defunct) appeared in the early 1900s.<ref>[http://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/england/north-west/cheshire/1457-chesh-bache-chester-golf-club “Bache Golf Club”], “Golf’s Missing Links”.</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==

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Bache
The Egerton Arms Hotel, Bache
Population158 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ402681
Civil parish
  • Bache
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH2
Dialling code01244
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
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Bache (/ˈb/; often called "The Bache") is a small civil parish and suburb of Chester, Cheshire, England.

History

The name "Bache" comes from a large tidal lagoon that was once linked to the River Dee at Blacon. The area, which now lies under Liverpool Road and a supermarket car park, was slowly reclaimed and raised when the course of the river was diverted in the 1730s. The Chester Canal also cut off the watercourse in the 1780s. Its course can be traced from Bache brook which is now partially covered by the Deva Link, a highways relief road.

Bache Hall, a large 18th-century building, was once the main house of the Bache estate. It occupied the land now part of the Countess of Chester Hospital. The building is currently used by the University of Chester.

Further details regarding the area's history can be found here.

Bache Golf Club (now defunct) appeared in the early 1900s.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 158[1] which includes 14 residents of a psychiatric ward. Located to the north of the city, Bache combines with Moston and Upton-by-Chester to form a joint parish council. The parish had previously been a township in Chester St Oswald Parish.[3]

Bache railway station connects the area to Chester railway station replacing Upton-by-Chester railway station on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Chester-Liverpool). The small station is located by the Morrison's supermarket. A bus service runs from Chester city centre via the station connecting the Bache to Chester Zoo.

References

  1. ^ a b 2001 Census: Bache, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 12 August 2007
  2. ^ “Bache Golf Club”, “Golf’s Missing Links”.
  3. ^ Chester St. Oswald, A Vision of Britain Through Time, retrieved 12 May 2007