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Puddington

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"PUDDINGTON, a township in the parish of BURTON, higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 8 miles (N.W.) from Chester, containing 155 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Puddington was a township in Burton ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3174), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It includes the hamlets of Badger's Rake (part), Benty Heys, Croxton Wood, Shotwick (from 2015), Two Mills (part only until 2015), and Woodbank (from 2015).
  • The population was 139 in 1801, 176 in 1851, 126 in 1901, 410 in 1951, and 325 in 2001.
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Civil Registration

  • Wirral (1837-1937)
  • West Cheshire (1937-74)
  • Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
  • Cheshire West (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
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Court Records

  • Wirral (1828-1933)
  • Chester Castle (1933-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012+)
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Description & Travel

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Historical Geography

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ327724 (Lat/Lon: 53.244336, -3.009972), Puddington which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Wirral Rural District (1894-1933)
  • Chester Rural District (1933-74)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Wirral
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Wirral (1885-1948)
  • Chester (1949-74)