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Bulkeley or Buckley

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"BUCKLEY, or BULKELEY, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Nantwich, containing 178 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Bulkeley was a township in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 5353), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It includes the hamlet of Bulkeley Hey.
  • The population was 184 in 1801, 197 in 1851, 168 in 1901, 146 in 1951, and 240 in 2001.
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Court Records

  • Broxton (1828-1974)
  • Crewe & Nantwich (1974-92)
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Politics & Government

  • Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Nantwich Rural District (1894-1974)
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