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"BROXTON, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (N.) from Malpas, containing 352 inhabitants. This township has given name to a hundred, which, at the time of the Norman survey, was called Dudestan hundred." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Broxton was a township in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4853), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Barnhill, Bolesworth, Brown Knowl, Fullersmoor and Meadow Bank.
- The population was 275 in 1801, 513 in 1851, 543 in 1901, 471 in 1951 and 390 in 2001.
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| Brown Knowl, Methodist (Primitive) |
- 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+)
- Broxton (1828-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012+)
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ479543 (Lat/Lon: 53.083364, -2.779268), Broxton which are provided by:
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- Tarvin Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Tarvin Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)