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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.

Macefen

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"MACEFEN, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 2 miles (E.) from Malpas, containing 48 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Macefen was a township and chapelry in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 5147), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • It included part of the hamlet of No Man's Heath.
  • The population was 46 in 1801, 59 in 1851, 45 in 1901, 62 in 1951, and 81 in 2001.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and incorporated into the parish of Tushingham cum Grindley, Macefen and Bradley and No Man's Heath & District.
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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

You can see pictures of Macefen which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into the parishes of Tushingham cum Grindley, Macefen and Bradley and No Man's Heath & District.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ515471 (Lat/Lon: 53.019275, -2.724051), Macefen which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Whitchurch Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Malpas Rural District (1894-1936)
  • Tarvin Rural District (1894-74)
  • 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)