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CHORLTON (near Malpas)

"CHORLTON, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (W. by N.) from Malpas, containing 124 inhabitants. A quantity of Roman coins, of the reigns of the emperors Valerian and Posthumus, was dug up, in March 1818, by some workmen, in a field in this township." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

  • Chorlton was a township in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4647), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The population was 94 in 1801, 132 in 1851, 104 in 1901, 84 in 1951, and 68 in 2001.

Cemeteries

Anglican
St Oswald, Malpas, Church of England

Churches

  • Malpas: St. Oswald (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Chorlton.

Anglican
St Oswald, Malpas, Church of England
Congregational / Independent
High Street, Malpas, Independent
Methodist
Higher Wych, Wigland, Methodist (Primitive)
Lower Wych, Wigland, Methodist (Primitive)
Old Hall Street, Malpas, Methodist (Primitive)
Old Hall Street, Malpas, Methodist (Wesleyan)
Wrexham Road (Cuddington Road), Malpas, Methodist (Wesleyan)
Roman Catholic
St Joseph, Malpas, Roman Catholic

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Civil Registration

  • Wrexham (1837-53)
  • Whitchurch (1853-1937)
  • 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 (1828-71)
  • Chester Castle (1871-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012+)

Description and Travel

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Historical Geography

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Maps

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Politics and Government

  • Whitchurch Rural Sanitary DIstrict (1875-94)
  • Malpas Rural District (1894-1936)
  • Tarvin Rural District (1936-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

  • Wrexham (1837-53)
  • Whitchurch (1853-1930)
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Voting Registers

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