Delamere, Cheshire On Pale Heights (National Grid ) was the origin (meridian) of the first Ordnance Survey one inch mapping of the whole of the United Kingdom. Delamere, Cheshire Delamere is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Delamere and Oakmere, in the county of Cheshire, England. It is approximately west of Northwich, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,025. The name of the village comes from the French "de la mere" "of the lake". The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to
Delamere Park Rural District Council. These included people who were relatives of serving Polish soldiers. The presence of local people housed in temporary accommodation in what was a green belt area enabled the development of the current housing estate to take place. The estate as it currently exists was built during the 1970s, spearheaded by Tom Baron, a director of Whelmar Limited. Delamere Park was voted North West's Best Development of the 1970s by the National House Building Council. The modern day appearance of Delamere Park is far removed from its past setting as one of the largest displaced persons camps in