Beeston, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire. 2 miles S of Tarporley, 2 WNW of Bunbury, and 10 1/2 SE by E of Chester. It has a station (Beeston Castle and Tarporley) on the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Tarporley. Acreage, 1965 ; population, 302. Beeston Castle, 3/4 mile from the station, crowns an isolated sandstone rock, 366 feet high, and commands a charming view of Chester, the estuaries of the Dee and Mersey on the N, and the mountains of Denbighshire on the W. The castle was built as a fortress in 1228 by Ranulph de Blundeville, sixth Earl of Chester, was dismantled in 1645 by order of Parliament, and is now an extensive and picturesque ruin.
