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Little Stanney

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"STANNEY (LITTLE), a township in the parish of STOKE, higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 5½ miles (N.) from Chester, containing 228 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Little Stanney was a township in Stoak ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 4174), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The population was 203 in 1801, 177 in 1851, 145 in 1901, 268 in 1951, and 281 in 2001.
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Civil Registration

  • 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+)
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Court Records

  • Wirral (1828-71)
  • Chester Castle (1871-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012+)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Ellesmere Port (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Thornton le Moors (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Ellesmere Port (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Thornton le Moors (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)
  • 1967 April 1 — Lost part to Ellesmere Port (135 hectares, pop. 36 in 1961)
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ410738 (Lat/Lon: 53.257908, -2.885871), Little Stanney which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Great Boughton (1837-71)
  • Chester (1871-1930)
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1915)
  • Chester (1918-74)