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"SPROSTON, a township in that part of the parish of MIDDLEWICH which is in the hundred of NORTHwren, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (E.) from Middlewich, containing 148 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Sproston was a township in Middlewich ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7366), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlet of Walker's Green.
- The population was 150 in 1801, 67 in 1851, 167 in 1901, 216 in 1951, and 197 in 2001.
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- Northwich (1837-1974)
- Vale Royal (1974-98)
- Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
- Northwich (1828-99)
- Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
- Middlewich (1907-67)
- South East Cheshire (1967-74)
- Vale Royal (1974-2012)
- West Cheshire (2012+)
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Sproston to another place.
- 1892 March 25 — Gained the whole of Mooresbarrow with Parme (pop. 26 in 1901)
- 1936 April 1 — Gained part of Kinderton (1073 acres, pop. 43 in 1931)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ732668 (Lat/Lon: 53.197598, -2.402622), Sproston which are provided by:
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- Bing (was Multimap)
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Northwich Rural District (1894-1974)
- Vale Royal (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)