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Tiverton

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"TIVERTON, a township in that part of the parish of BUNBURY which is in the first division, of the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER,1¾ mile (S.) from Tarporley, containing 591 inhabitants There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. At Four-lane Ends, in this township, is an old established corn market, held every Monday, The Chester canal passes in the vicinity." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Tiverton was a township in Bunbury ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred (SJ 5460), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It included the hamlets of Beeston Brook (part), Brassey Green, Four Lane Ends, Hand Green and Town Fields.
  • The population was 377 in 1801, 747 in 1851, 525 in 1901, 489 in 1951, and 406 in 2001.
  • In 2015 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Tiverton & Tilstone Fearnall and Tarporley.
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Civil Registration

  • Nantwich (1837-92)
  • Chester (1892-1937)
  • West Cheshire (1937-74)
  • Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
  • Cheshire West (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Court Records

  • Eddisbury (1828-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012-15)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Tiverton & Tilstone Fearnall and Tarporley.
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Maps

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Politics & Government

  • Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-92)
  • Tarvin Rural Sanitary District (1892-94)
  • Tarvin Rural District (1894-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Nantwich (1837-92)
  • Tarvin (1892-1930)
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1948)
  • Northwich (1949-74)