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Buerton (near Aldford)

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"BUERTON, a township in that part of the parish of ALDFORD which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 5¼ miles (S. E. by S.) from Chester, containing 60 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Buerton was a township in Aldford ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4360), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The population was 39 in 1801, 63 in 1851, 74 in 1901, 73 in 1951, and 22 in 2001.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to become part of Aldford & Saighton.
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Churches

  • Aldford: St. John the Baptist (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Buerton.
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Civil Registration

  • Great Boughton (1837-69)
  • Chester (1870-1937)
  • West Cheshire (1937-74)
  • Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
  • Cheshire West (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Court Records

  • Broxton (1828-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012-15)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into the parish of Aldford & Saighton.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ432605 (Lat/Lon: 53.138533, -2.851124), Buerton (near Aldford) which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Tarvin Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Tarvin Rural District (1894-1936)
  • Chester Rural District (1936-74)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Great Boughton (1837-71)
  • Tattenhall (1871-1930)
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Voting Registers

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