Which Cheshire town is thought to take its name from the fact if was considered a suitable location for crossing a river there by King Canute in 1017?
Ollerton, Cheshire having very limited and symbolic powers. The villages share the new village hall in Marthall, which was constructed in November 2009. Ollerton is thought to have come from the name Owlerton and is named in the Domesday Book. Ollerton, Cheshire Ollerton is a village in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the town of Knutsford, and has a population of 323, rising marginally to 329 at the 2011 Census. Local services are limited, and include a church which is within Marthall, pub and several postboxes. Other services
King Canute and the tide up a royal palace during his reign over London. Conflictingly, a sign on Southampton city centre's Canute Road reads, "Near this spot AD 1028 Canute reproved his courtiers". Bosham in West Sussex also claims to be the site of this episode, as does Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. As Gainsborough is inland, if the story is true then Canute would have been trying to turn back the tidal bore known as the aegir. King Canute and the tide The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, recorded in