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GREAT BOUGHTON

"BOUGHTON (GREAT), a township in that part of the parish of ALDFORD which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, l¼ mile (E.) from Chester, containing 911 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

  • Great Boughton (pronounced Baw-tun) was a township in St. Oswald's ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4266), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It includes the hamlets of Boughton Heath, Butterbache (part), Piper's Ash (part), Tarvin Bridge and Vicars Cross (part only until 2015).
  • The population was 544 in 1801, 1164 in 1851, 1034 in 1901, 3164 in 1951, and 8682 in 2001.

Churches

  • Chester: St. Oswald (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Great Boughton.
  • Chester: St. Paul (Church of England). The district church for Great Boughton from 1846.

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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 (1828-71)
  • 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

  • 1884 — Lost the part in Chester Municipal Borough to Chester (pop. 1643 in 1881)
  • 1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Chester (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1931) and Hoole (18 acres, pop. 126 in 1931), and lost parts to Chester (48 acres, pop. 954 in 1931) and Hoole (5 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)
  • 2015 April 1 — Lost parts to Christleton and Guilden Sutton, and gained part of Littleton.

You can see the administrative areas in which GREAT BOUGHTON has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

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Maps

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Politics and Government

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

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

  • Chester (1832-1974)