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"LATCHFORD, a chapelry in the parish of GRAPPENHALL, hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 1½ mile (S.E.) from Warrington, containing 1252 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £1000 royal bounty, and £ 1400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Rector of Grappenhall. The church, dedicated to St. James, has lately received an addition of seven hundred and eighty-seven sittings, of which four hundred are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having contributed £400 towards defraying the expense. The Duke of Bridgewater's, the Mersey, and the Irwell, canals pass through this parish. A cotton manufactory has been recently established here. Latchford had anciently two weekly markets and two annual fairs, granted in the fourteenth century." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Latchford was a township in Grappenhall ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 6187), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was transferred from Cheshire to Lancashire in 1894, and was abolished in 1898 to become part of Warrington (Lancashire).
- It includes the hamlet of Wilderspool.
- The population was 754 in 1801, 2542 in 1851, and 6528 in 1891.
For the period after 1898, see Warrington (Lancashire).
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| Christ Church, Latchford, Church of England |
| St Hilda Mission, Latchford, Church of England |
| St James the Great, Latchford, Church of England |
| St James, Latchford, Church of England |
| Knutsford Road, Latchford, Methodist (Primitive) |
| Knutsford Road/Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
| St John, Latchford, Presbyterian |
| Knutsford Road, Latchford, Roman Catholic |
| Our Lady of the Assumption, Latchford, Roman Catholic |
| St Augustine and the English Martyrs, Latchford, Roman Catholic |
| Latchford, Society of Friends (Quaker) |
- Bucklow (1828-39)
- Daresbury (wholly, 1839-47 ; partly, 1847-94) *
- Warrington (Borough) (partly, 1847-94 ; wholly, 1894-98) *
* The part in Daresbury (1847-94) became the civil parish of Latchford Without in 1894.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Latchford to another place.
- 1884 March 25 — Gained detached parts Nos. 1 and 2 from Thelwall (106 acres, pop. 0 in 1891, including Westy Barn Field and Old Warps), and part of Warrington, Lancashire (pop. 2 in 1891)
- 1894 — Lost the part outside Warrington County Borough to Latchford Without (pop. 478 in 1901), and transferred from Cheshire to Lancashire.
- 1896 November 9 — Gained parts of Appleton (pop. 467 in 1901), Latchford Without (pop. 183 in 1901) and Walton Inferior (pop. 0 in 1901)
- 1898 September 30 — Abolished and incorporated into Warrington (Lancashire) (pop. 7985 in 1901)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ617873 (Lat/Lon: 53.381151, -2.577235), Latchford 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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- 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.
- Warrington Municipal Borough (partly, 1847-89)
- Warrington County Borough (partly, 1889-94 ; wholly 1894-98)
- Warrington Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94)
- Warrington Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) *
* The part in Warrington Rural Sanitary District became the civil parish of Latchford Without in 1894.