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"WHARTON, a township in the parish of DAVENHAM, hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 2½ miles (W. N. W.) from Middlewich, containing 853 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Wharton was a township in Davenham ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 6666), which became a civil parish in 1866.
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The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become parts of Winsford and Bostock.
- It includes the hamlets of Donefields, Gravel Hill, Rilshaw and Winsford.
- The population was 753 in 1801, 1775 in 1851, and 3319 in 1901.
For the period after 1936, see Winsford and Bostock.
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| Crook Lane, Wharton, Cemetery |
| Crook Lane, Wharton, Cemetery |
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wharton to another place.
- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Bostock (16 acres, pop. 20 in 1931) and Winsford (1236 acres, pop. 3672 in 1931)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ662667 (Lat/Lon: 53.196299, -2.507389), Wharton which are provided by:
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- 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.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- 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.
- Winsford Urban Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Winsford Urban District (1894-1936)