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Moulton, Cheshire

Historical Description

Moulton, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish, in Davenham parish, Cheshire, 3 miles S of Northwich. There is a post and money order office under Northwich; telegraph office, Davenham. Acreage of township, 475; population, 1143. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. There are extensive salt works, and also a free library. Moulton Hall estate belonged formerly to the Bostock family. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1878. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £'223 with residence. Patron, the Kector of Davenham. The church was built in 1877, and is in the Early English style. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels.

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 
Civil parishDavenham 
HundredNorthwich 
Poor Law unionNorthwich 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Moulton from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Moulton 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 districtCW9
Post TownNorthwich

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