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Coddington, Cheshire

Historical Description

Coddington, a township and a parish in Cheshire. The township lies on an affluent of the river Dee, 2 miles E of Broxton station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5¼ NNW of Mal-pas, and had formerly a market. It has a post office under Chester; money order and telegraph office, Glutton. Acreage, 1421; population, 106. The parish contains also the townships of Chowley and Aldersey. Acreage, 3022; population, 257. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £225 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. The church was rebuilt in 1833.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCheshire 
Ecclesiastical parishCoddington St. Mary 
HundredBroxton 
Poor Law unionGreat Boughton 
Registration districtGreat Boughton1837 - 1869
Registration districtChester1870 - 1937

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Coddington from 1837 to 1869 you should search for the Great Boughton Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Coddington from 1870 to 1937 you should search for the Chester Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Coddington from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Coddington are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.

CountyCheshire West and Chester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtCH3
Post TownChester

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