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Poulton, Cheshire

Historical Description

Poulton, a township in Pulford parish, Cheshire, on an affluent of the river Dee, 4 miles S of Chester. Acreage, 7405; population, 170. The Duke of Westminster is lord of the manor. A Cistercian abbey was founded here in 1153 by Robert Pincerna, and was removed in 1220 to Dieulacres in Staffordshire.

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 parishPulford 
HundredBroxton 
Poor Law unionGreat Boughton 
Registration districtGreat Boughton1837 - 1869
Registration districtChester1870 - 1937

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Poulton from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Poulton 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 districtCH4
Post TownChester

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