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MARLSTON CUM LACHE

Historical Geography
Maps
Politics
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Voting Registers

"MARLSTON, a township, joint with Leach, in that part of the parish of ST-MARY-CHESTER, which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (S. by W.) from Chester, containing, with Leach, 108 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

"LEACH, a township, joint with Marlston, in that part of the parish of ST-MARY-CHESTER, which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (S. W.) from Chester. The population is returned with Marlston." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

Marlston cum Lache was a township in St. Mary on the Hill ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 3862), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It included the hamlet of Rough Hill.
The population was 87 in 1801, 157 in 1851, 103 in 1901, 102 in 1951, and 112 in 2001.
In 2015 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Dodleston and Eaton & Eccleston.

Cemeteries

Anglican
St Mary on the Hill, Chester, Church of England

Cemeteries
Blacon Cemetery, Blacon Road, Chester, Cemetery
Overleigh Cemetery, Handbridge, Chester, Cemetery

Other
St Barbara the Great Martyr, Chester, Greek Orthodox

Churches

Chester: St. Mary on the Hill (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Marlston cum Lache.
Lache cum Saltney: Holy Epiphany (Church of England). The district for Marlston cum Lache from 1854 to 1894.
Lache cum Saltney: St. Mark (Church of England). The district for Marlston cum Lache from 1894.
Chester: St. Mary without the Walls (Church of England). The district church for part of the township of Marlston cum Lache from 1887.
Lache, St. Clare (Roman Catholic), Hawthorn Road. Built in 1960.

There are more than 30 churches identified in this place. Please click here for a complete list.

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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 (2009-15)

Court Records

Broxton (1828-71)
Chester Castle (1871-1974)
Chester (1974-2001)
Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
West Cheshire (2012-15)

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Historical Geography

1936 April 1 — Lost the hamlets of Five Ashes. Hough Green, Lache, Saltney (part) and Westminster Park to Chester (35 acres, pop. 41 in 1931).
2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Dodleston and Eaton & Eccleston.

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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 (2009-15)

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Great Boughton (1837-53)
Hawarden (1853-71)
Chester (1871-1930)

Voting Registers

South Cheshire (1832-67)
West Cheshire (1868-85)
Eddisbury (1885-1948)
Chester (1948-74)