Claughton cum Grange, Cheshire

Historical Description

Claughton-cum-Grange, a township-chapelry in Bidstone and Woodchurch parishes, Cheshire, 1 mile NW, and within the municipal borough of Birkenhead, which is the post town. Population, 5746. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; value, £850. The church is in the Early English style, and was built in 1854. St Mark's Church was erected in 1891.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Claughton cum Grange from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Claughton, with Grange)

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:

• Chester Chronicle
• Cheshire Observer
• Chester Courant

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.