1 December 1901: Artist and illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe born in Langley.
1 December 1906: Carnegie Library, Runcorn officially opened.
6 December 1891: Rowland Egerton-Warburton died at Arley Hall.
8 December 1665: Civil War diarist Edward Burghall died at Alpraham.
9 December 1836: Dutton Viaduct completed.
10 December 1583: Great Fire of Nantwich started.
13 December 1643: Siege of Nantwich started.
14 December 1979: Footballer Michael Owen born in Chester.
17 December 1925: Cricketer A. N. Hornby (gravestone pictured) died in Nantwich.
17 December 1973: Long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe born in Davenham.
19 December 1572: Landlord of Nantwich's Crown Inn murdered; the investigation involved many among the town's gentry.
22 December 1643: Royalist forces occupied Audlem, Brindley, Buerton, Hankelow, Hatherton, Hurleston, Stoke and Wrenbury during the Civil War.
23 December 1642: Bunbury Agreement drawn up.
24 December 1643: Twelve Parliamentarians massacred at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley.
26 December 1643: Second Battle of Middlewich during the Civil War.
26 December 1962: Train crash at Coppenhall, between Crewe and Winsford, killed 18 people and injured 34.
29 December 1940: Air raid badly damaged the Crewe Rolls Royce works and killed 16 employees.