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Great Stanney
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"STANNEY (GREAT), a township in the parish of STOKE, higher division of the hundred of WIRRAL, county palatine of CHESTER, 6¾ miles (N.) from Chester, containing 18 inhabitants. The Chester canal passes through this township, A court leet is occasionally held. Excellent marl, composed of alluvial matter, abounds here, and large trees have been dug up in the meadows." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Great Stanney was a township in Stoak ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 4173), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1950 to become part of Ellesmere Port.
- It included the hamlets of Stanney Grange and Wolverham.
- The population of Great Stanney was 12 in 1801, 56 in 1851, and 58 in 1901.
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- 1911 April 1 — Gained the whole of Stanlow (pop. 31 in 1911)
- 1950 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Ellesmere Port (1251 acres, pop. 644 in 1931)
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- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1910)
- Ellesmere Port & Whitby Urban District (1910-33)
- Ellesmere Port Urban District (1933-50)