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"CHRISTLETON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising the townships of Christleton, Cotton-Abbots, Cotton-Edmund's, Littleton, and Rowton, and containing 954 inhabitants, of which number, 701 are in the township of Christleton, 2¼ miles (E. by S.) from Chester. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £39. 5., and in the patronage of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. The church, dedicated to St. James, existed prior to the Conquest: the body has been wholly rebuilt of brick, but the stone tower bears the date 1530. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. This place formed, at the time of the Norman survey, a part of the barony of Malpas, at which period it is said to have been very populous; it continued of some importance, and was fortified for the parliament, having been made the headquarters of Sir William Brereton; but on the siege of Chester being raised, in February 1645, it was, in a sally of the citizens, very nearly destroyed by fire. The Chester and Ellesmere canal passes close to the village. In 1779, John Sellers, of Littleton, left a small bequest for teaching poor children; and a school-house was built in 1800, principally by a bequest from John Hignett, Esq." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Christleton, also a township in Christleton ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4466), became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Birch Heath, Brown Heath (part), Little Heath, Rowton Bridge and Stamford Heath.
- The population was 651 in 1801, 719 in 1851, 859 in 1901, 1311 in 1951, and 2112 in 2001.
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- 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 (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012+)
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Places associated with Christelton ancient parish with separate pages
- 1888 March 24 — Lost a detached part to Waverton (4 acres, pop. 7 in 1891, including a farm house at Egg Bridge)
- 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Barrow (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), Cotton Edmunds (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Tarvin (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Barrow (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Tarvin (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)
- 2015 April 1 — Lost two parts to Littleton, and gained part of Great Boughton and the whole of Cotton Edmunds..
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- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)