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"BLACKDEN, a township in that part of the parish of SANDBACH which is in the hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 6 ½ miles (S.S. E.) from Knutsford, containing 191 inhabitants. " [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Blackden was a township in Goostrey chapelry of Sandbach ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7870), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become part of Goostrey.
  • The population was 136 in 1801, 164 in 1851, and 110 in 1901.
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Civil Registration

  • Congleton (1837-1936)
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Court Records

  • Northwich (1828-99)
  • Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
  • Middlewich (1907-36)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Goostrey (749 acres, pop. 121 in 1931)
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ788706 (Lat/Lon: 53.232037, -2.318587), Blackden which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Congleton Rural District (1894-1936)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Congleton
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Knutsford (1885-1936)