Kingsmarsh, Cheshire
Historical Description
Kingsmarsh, formerly extra-parochial, now a township in Cheshire, on the river Dee, 1½ mile SE of Holt, and 3½ miles W of Broxton station on the L. & N.W.R. Acreage, 484; population, 72.
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 County | Cheshire | |
Hundred | Broxton | |
Poor Law union | Great Boughton | |
Registration district | Great Boughton | 1837 - 1869 |
Registration district | Chester | 1870 - 1937 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Kingsmarsh from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kingsmarsh)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
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.