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"PICKTON, a township in that part of the parish of PLEMONSTALL which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 4¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Chester, containing 93 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Picton was a township in Plemstall ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4370), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It included the hamlet of Picton Gorse.
- The population was 96 in 1801, 81 in 1851, 95 in 1901, 83 in 1951, and 58 in 2001.
- The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and incorporated into Mickle Trafford & District.
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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)
- Broxton (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012-15)
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- 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Bridge Trafford (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wimbolds Trafford (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Bridge Trafford (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wimbolds Trafford (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1961).
- 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Mickle Trafford & District.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ434714 (Lat/Lon: 53.236599, -2.849472), Picton which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)