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Picton

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"PICKTON, a township in that part of the parish of PLEMONSTALL which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 4¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Chester, containing 93 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Picton was a township in Plemstall ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4370), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It included the hamlet of Picton Gorse.
  • The population was 96 in 1801, 81 in 1851, 95 in 1901, 83 in 1951, and 58 in 2001.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and incorporated into Mickle Trafford & District.
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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 (1828-71)
  • Chester Castle (1871-1974)
  • 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

  • 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Bridge Trafford (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wimbolds Trafford (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Bridge Trafford (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wimbolds Trafford (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1961).
  • 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Mickle Trafford & District.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ434714 (Lat/Lon: 53.236599, -2.849472), Picton which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

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

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

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1915)
  • Chester (1918-74)