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"WHITLEY(OVER), a township in that part of the parish of GREAT-BUDWORTH which is in the hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 5½ miles (N.N.W.) from Northwich, containing 244 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Higher Whitley (or Whitley Superior) was a township in Great Budworth ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 6280), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- In 1936 the civil parish was abolished to become part of Whitley.
- It included the hamlets of Grimsditch, Higher Whitley and Norcott Brook
- The population was 283 in 1801, 322 in 1851, and 323 in 1901.
After 1936 see Whitley.
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- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Whitley (1020 acres, pop. 339 in 1931)
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ618801 (Lat/Lon: 53.316443, -2.57486), Higher Whitley which are provided by:
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- Runcorn Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Runcorn Rural District (1894-1936)