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"CONGHALL, or COUGHALL, a township in that part of the parish of BACKFORD which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 3½ miles (N. by E.) from Chester, containing 23 inhabitants. The Ellesmere canal passes near this place." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Caughall was a township in Backford ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 4270), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The population was 17 in 1801, 11 in 1851, 21 in 1901, 9 in 1951, and 29 in 2001.
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In 2015 the civil parish was abolished to become part of Backford.
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- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
- Broxton (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012-15)
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- 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Backford.
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- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)