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"DUNHAM, a township in the parish of THORNTON, second division of the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (S. W.) from Frodsham, containing 306 inhabitants. The Duke of Bridgewater's canal passes near this place. There is a trifling bequest for the education of children." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Dunham on the Hill was a township in Thornton ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred (SJ 4672), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It included the hamlet of Morley Bridge.
- The population was 260 in 1801, 332 in 1851, 282 in 1901, 446 in 1951, and 534 in 2001.
- In 2015 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Dunham on the Hill & Hapsford and Manley.
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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)
- Eddisbury (1828-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012-15)
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- 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Dunham on the Hill & Hapsford and Manley.
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- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)