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Stanlow

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"STANLOW-HOUSE, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 8 miles (N. by E.) from Chester, containing 16 inhabitants. An abbey of Cistercian monks was founded here, in 1178, by John Lacy, constable of Chester, which, on account of the inundations of the Mersey in 1296, was removed to Whalley in Lancashire, a cell being left at this place; some small remains of the conventual buildings are visible in a farm-house." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Stanlow was an extra-parochial place in Wirral hundred (SJ 4276), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The civil parish was abolished in 1911 to become part of Great Stanney.
  • The population was 10 in 1801, 18 in 1851, and 23 in 1901.

For the period after 1911, see Great Stanney..

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Civil Registration

  • Great Boughton (1837-69)
  • Chester (1870-1911)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 1888 March 24 — Lost a detached part to Great Stanney (38 acres, pop. 0 in 1911)
  • 1911 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Great Stanney (pop. 31 in 1911)
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ420767 (Lat/Lon: 53.284382, -2.87198), Stanlow which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Great Boughton (1837-71)
  • Chester (1871-1911)
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1911)