[citation needed] Several prehistoric artefacts have been discovered within close proximity of the present-day village: a Neolithic stone axe, a flint scraper and a Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrow head.

[2] It is listed in the Domesday Book as Torpelei,[3] which has been translated as meaning “a pear wood near a hill called Torr”.

[4] For this reason, Tarporley Church of England Primary School has a pear tree for its emblem.

[6] The Domesday entry suggests that Tarporley was one of many townships still recovering from the devastation caused by the Normans' Harrying of the North in 1069–70.

The constituency has been represented by Conservative MPs since its re-establishment: Edward Timpson (since 2019),[16] Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19).

Established in 1983, through The British Council, Tarporley is twinned with the Breton village of Bohars, near Brest, France.