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"GRAPPENHALL, a parish in the hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising the chapelry of Latchford, and the township of Grappenhall, and containing 1652 inhabitants, of which number, 400 are in the township of Grappenhall, 2¾ miles (S. E.) from Warrington. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £6. 11. 10½. The Rev. J. B. Stewart was patron in 1808. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, was erected in 1539. The Duke of Bridgewater's canal passes through the parish, which is bounded on the north by the river Mersey. There is a cotton manufactory at Latchford. Courts leet and baron are annually held here. A school-house, built at the expense of the parishioners in 1712, is endowed with lands given by Mr. Thomas Johnson." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Grappenhall, also a township in Grappenhall ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 6486), became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was renamed Grappenhall & Thelwall in 1974.
- It included the hamlet of Highfields.
- The population was 338 in 1801, 708 in 1851, 987 in 1901, and 5655 in 1951.
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Places associated with Grappenhall ancient parish with separate pages
- Grappenhall; Grappenhall & Thelwall; Latchford; Latchford Without??
- 1933 April 1 — Lost parts to Warrington, Lancashire (94 acres, pop. 213 in 1931) and Woolston, Lancashire (69 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), was altered to follow the centre of the Manchester Ship Canal.
- 1936 April 1 — Gained part of Thelwall (1108 acres, pop. 506 in 1931), and lost part to Lymm (3 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)
- 1953 April 1 — Gained part of Stockton Heath (19 acres, pop. 5 in 1951)
- 1974 April 1 — Renamed Grappenhall & Thelwall
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ632866 (Lat/Lon: 53.37476, -2.554171), Grappenhall which are provided by:
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- 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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- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Warrington Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Warrington Rural District (1894-96)
- Runcorn Rural District (1896-1974)