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Egerton

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"EGERTON, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Malpas, containing 115 inhabitants. There was formerly a chapel attached to an ancient manor-house which stood here; its remains have been converted into a barn." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Egerton was a township in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 5251), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It includes the hamlet of Fairy Glen.
  • The population was 103 in 1801, 127 in 1851, 113 in 1901, 97 in 1951, and 81 in 2001.
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Court Records

  • Broxton (1828-1974)
  • Crewe & Nantwich (1974-92)
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  • Nantwich Rural Sanitary DIstrict (1875-94)
  • Nantwich Rural District (1894-1974)
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