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Tilston, Cheshire

Historical Description

Tilston, a village, a township, and a parish in Cheshire. The village lies 3 miles NW of Malpas, and has a post and money order office under Malpas; telegraph office, Clutton. The township comprises 799 acres; population, 305. The parish contains also the townships of Garden, Grafton, Horton, and Stretton. Acreage, 3769; population, 651. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Garden Hall, Grafton Hall, and Stretton Hall are the chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £283 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1875. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan 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 
Ecclesiastical parishTilston 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 Tilston from 1837 to 1869 you should search for the Great Boughton Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Tilston from 1870 to 1937 you should search for the Chester Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Tilston from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Tilston 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 districtSY14
Post TownMalpas

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