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East Surrey FHS Virtual Fair is on Sat 25 Jan with morning and afternoon sessions (GMT). It is free with a good range of societies participating and we will be there in a GENUKI room. So if you want to see some of us or have any questions please go to the link, sign up for the zoom meeting and join us.

Lower Kinnerton

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"KINNERTON (LOWER), a township in the parish of DODDLESTON, lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 5¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Chester, containing 85 inhabitants." [From Samuel LewisA Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Lower Kinnerton was a township in Dodleston ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 3562), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It includes the hamlets of Gorstella (part) and Kinnerton (partly in Flintshire).
  • The population was 97 in 1801, 94 in 1851, 127 in 1901, 142 in 1951, and 119 in 2001.
  • In 2015 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Dodleston.
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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 (2009-15)
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Court Records

  • Broxton (1828-71)
  • Chester Castle (1871-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012-15)
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Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Lower Kinnerton which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Dodleston.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ346625 (Lat/Lon: 53.155521, -2.979999), Lower Kinnerton 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 (2009-15)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Great Boughton (1837-53)
  • Hawarden (1853-71)
  • Chester (1871-1930).
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Voting Registers

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