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"HAMPTON, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¾ miles (N. E.) from Malpas, containing 207 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Hampton was a township in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 5149), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It included the hamlets of Ashton Cross, Broomy Bank and No Man's Heath (part).
  • The population was 159 in 1801, 309 in 1851, 326 in 1901, 290 in 1951, and 409 in 2001.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and incorporated into No Man's Heath & District and Malpas.
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Civil Registration

  • Nantwich (1837-53)
  • Whitchurch (1853-1937)
  • West Cheshire (1937-74)
  • Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
  • Cheshire West (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Court Records

  • Broxton (1828-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012-15)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 2015 April 1 — abolished to become part of  No Man's Heath & District and Malpas.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ509494 (Lat/Lon: 53.039665, -2.734137), Hampton which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Whitchurch Rural Sanitary DIstrict (1875-94)
  • Malpas Rural District (1894-1936)
  • Tarvin Rural District (1936-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Nantwich (1837-53)
  • Whitchurch (1853-1930)
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1948)
  • Northwich (1949-54)
  • Nantwich (1955-74)