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SHIPBROOK

Cemeteries
Churches
Civil Registration
Court Records
Description & Travel

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

"SHIPBROOK, a township in the parish of DAVENHAM, hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 3 miles (S. E.) from Northwich, containing 92 inhabitants. The Grand Trunk canal passes through the township." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

Shipbrook was a township in Davenham ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 6771), which became a civil parish in 1866.
In 1892 the civil parish was abolished to become part of Whatcroft.
It includes the hamlet of Shipbrookhill.
The population was 90 in 1801 and 81 in 1851.

For the period after 1892, see Whatcroft.

Churches

Davenham: St. Wilfrid (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Shipbrook.

Civil Registration

Northwich (1837-92)

Court Records

Northwich (1828-71)
Leftwich (1871-1892)

Description and Travel

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Historical Geography

1892 March 25 — Abolished and incorporated into Whatcroft (pop. 73 in 1901)

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ660704 (Lat/Lon: 53.229543, -2.510778), SHIPBROOK which are provided by:

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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.)
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Elgin Road Works
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Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Politics and Government

Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-92)

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Northwich (1837-92)

Voting Registers

South Cheshire (1832-67)
Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
Knutsford (1885-1918)