
Elizabeth Gaskell, Author of Cranford
Knutsford is one of Cheshire’s most charming towns with its picturesque black and white houses and nearby great country estates.
Knutsford was the ‘Cranford’ of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel but the town’s history goes back much further than the 19th century. Remains of early man dating back 8000 years have been found at nearby Tatton and it is said that the town’s name comes from the Danish King Canute and it appears in the 11th century Domesday Book.

