HORTON CUM PEEL
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"HORTON, a joint township with Peele, in that part of the parish of TARVIN which is in the second division of the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER, 7½ miles (E. N. E.) from Chester, containing 36 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
"PEELE, a township, joint with Horton, in that part of the parish of TARVIN which is in the second division of the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER, 7½ miles (E.N.E.) from Chester. The population is returned with Horton." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
- Horton cum Peel was a township in Tarvin ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred (SJ 5169), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It included the hamlet of Peel.
- The population was 36 in 1801, 33 in 1851, 32 in 1901, 26 in 195, and 15 in 2001.
- The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and incorporated into Ashton Hayes & Horton cum Peel.
Churches
- Tarvin: St. Andrew (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Horton cum Peel.
- Ashton Hayes: St. John the Evangelist (Church of England). The district church for the township of Horton cum Peel from 1848.
| St Andrew, Tarvin, Church of England |
| High Street, Tarvin, Presbyterian (Calvinistic) |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Tarvin area or see them printed on a map.
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 (2009-15)
Court Records
- Eddisbury (1828-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012-15)
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
- 2015 April 1 — Abolished to become part of Ashton Hayes & Horton cum Peel.
You can see the administrative areas in which HORTON CUM PEEL has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ503665 (Lat/Lon: 53.193463, -2.744994), HORTON CUM PEEL which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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Politics and Government
- Tarvin Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Tarvin Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Great Boughton (1837-71)
- Tarvin (1871-1930)
Voting Registers
- South Cheshire (1832-67)
- West Cheshire (1868-85)
- Eddisbury (1885-1948)
- Northwich (1949-74)