Stanlow, Cheshire
Historical Description
Stanlow, formerly extra-parochial, now a parish in Cheshire, on the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, 1½ mile SE of Ellesmere Port station on the Birkenhead railway, and 9 miles N of Chester. Acreage, 217, with 99 of adjacent tidal water and 347 of foreshore; the population in 1891 was 422, of whom 320 were engaged in the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. A Cistercian abbey was founded here by John de Lacy, Constable of Chester, in 1170, became a cell to Whalley Abbey, and has left some remains.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Cheshire | |
| Hundred | Wirrall | |
| Poor Law union | Great Boughton | |
| Registration district | Great Boughton | 1837 - 1869 |
| Registration district | Chester | 1870 - 1911 |
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 Stanlow from 1837 to 1869 you should search for the Great Boughton Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Stanlow from 1870 to 1911 you should search for the Chester Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stanlow from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stanlow-House)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Stanlow are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
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.