Editing Lymm (section)

== History ==
The name Lymm, of [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre.<ref name="Lymm">{{cite web|url=http://www.maison.demon.co.uk/Lymm/lymm.htm|title=Lymm|access-date=10 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219013156/http://www.maison.demon.co.uk/Lymm/lymm.htm|archive-date=19 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-23 |title=Why this Warrington village has a holiday feel and keeps people coming back |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/24399716.locals-love-living-working-lymm-cheshire/#comments-anchor |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The village appears as "Limme" in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lymmhic.co.uk/ourheritage |website=Lymm Heritage Centre |access-date=31 May 2022|title=Our Heritage }}</ref>

Lymm was an [[Agriculture|agricultural]] village until the [[Industrial Revolution]], which brought the [[Bridgewater Canal]] and the [[Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway]] to the village. The village played a prominent role within the salt extraction industry, [[Goldbeating|gold beating]] industry and [[Cotton|cotton industry]] (many of its inhabitants were [[fustian|fustian cutters]]).<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Chambers |first=Matthew |title=Lymm Industries |url=https://lymm.com/about/history-of-lymm/lymm-industries |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Lymm.com }}</ref>

In 2017, Lymm was voted as one of the Best Places to Live by ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15163733.lymm-named-among-best-places-to-live-in-britain/|title=Lymm named among best places to live in Britain|website=Warrington Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/ancoats-and-chorlton-among-sunday-times-best-places-to-live/ |website=About Manchester |access-date=31 May 2022|title=Ancoats and Chorlton among Sunday Times best places to live |date=18 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Herman |first=Daisy |last2=Otter |first2=Saffron |date=4 December 2021 |title=Stunning Cheshire commuting village to Manchester is 'perfect place to live' |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/stunning-cheshire-commuting-village-manchester-22327140 |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Manchester Evening News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Times |first=The Sunday |title=Lymm, Cheshire |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/manchester/lymm-best-places-to-live-2017-7wf5m6zh8 | url-access = subscription |access-date=11 March 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> In  2023, the village was voted as one of Britain's Most Desirable Towns by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{cite web |date=21 June 2023 |title=Village in Warrington is named as one of the most desirable places to live in Britain |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/23603901.lymm-named-one-desirable-places-live-britain/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=Warrington Guardian }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Gary |date=20 June 2023 |title=The 'aspirational' places in Cheshire among 'Britain's 50 most desirable towns' |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/aspirational-places-cheshire-among-britains-27160970 |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=CheshireLive }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Youens |first=Arabella |date=18 June 2023 |title=These are Britain’s 50 most desirable towns... does yours make the cut? |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/britains-50-most-desirable-places-to-live/ | url-access = subscription |access-date=21 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> and third Most Desirable place to live in [[Northern England]] by the ''Telegraph''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bowen |first=Flora |date=29 November 2023 |title=The most desirable towns in the North – does yours make the cut? |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buying-selling/best-towns-north-england-move-live-house-prices/ | url-access = subscription |access-date=30 November 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>