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CARDEN

"CARDEN, a township in the parish of TILSTON, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 4 ½ miles (N. N. W.) from Malpas, containing 195 inhabitants. A detachment of dragoons from the parliamentary garrison at Nantwich, on the 12th of June, 1643, plundered Garden Hall, and made prisoner its owner, John Leche, Esq." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

  • Carden was a township in Tilston ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4652), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It includes the hamlets of Carden Marsh, Higher Carden and Lower Carden.
  • The population was 124 in 1801, 190 in 1851, 163 in 1901, 98 in 1951, and 69 in 2001.

Churches

  • Tilston: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Carden.

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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+)
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Court Records

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

Description and Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 2015 April 1 — Exchanged parts with Clutton

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ460528 (Lat/Lon: 53.069693, -2.807378), CARDEN which are provided by:

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Politics and Government

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

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

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1948)
  • Northwich (1949-54)
  • Nantwich (1955-74)