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"ASHTON, a township in that part of the parish of TARVIN which is in the second division of the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER, 7½ miles (E. N. E.) from Chester, containing 414 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie
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- Ashton was a township in Tarvin ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred (SJ 5169), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The main village in the parish, formerly known as Ashton, was renamed Ashton Hayes following a referendum, to avoid confusion with other places of the same name.
- The civil parish was renamed Ashton Hayes in 2004.
- It included the hamlets of Ashton Hayes, Brine's Brow and Woodside.
- The population was 342 in 1801, 430 in 1851, 408 in 1901, and 394 in 1951.
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- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2004)
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ505693 (Lat/Lon: 53.218435, -2.742779), Ashton which are provided by:
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- Tarvin Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Tarvin Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2004)