Places in Runcorn ancient parish with separate pages

• Acton Grange; Aston; Aston Grange; Aston by Sutton; Clifton; Daresbury; Dutton; Halton
• Hatton (near Runcorn); Keckwick; Lower Walton; Middleton Grange; Moore; Newton by Daresbury
• Norton; Preston Brook ??;  Preston on the Hill; Runcorn; Sandymoor; Stockham; Sutton (near Runcorn)
• Sutton Weaver; Thelwall; Walton; Walton Inferior; Walton Superior; Weston (near Runcorn)

• 1883 March 25 — Lost a detached part to Halton (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
• 1884 March 24 — Gained three detached parts of Halton (3 acres, pop. 400 in 1891)
• 1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Clifton (14 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), Halton (567 acres, pop. 674 in 1931) and Norton (36 acres, pop. 3 in 1931), and the whole of Weston (1023 acres, pop. 3783 in 1931)
• 1955 April 1 — Gained parts of Halton (131 acres, pop. 0 in 1951) and Sutton (82 acres, pop. 0 in 1951)
• 1967 April 1 — Gained the whole of Halton (462 hectares, pop. 1467 in 1961), and parts of Aston (64 hectares, pop. 53 in 1961), Daresbury (51 hectares, pop. 17 in 1951), Dutton (4 hectares, pop. 40 in 1961), Moore (92 hectares, pop. 186 in 1961), Norton (774 hectares, pop. 126 in 1961), Preston Brook (151 hectares, pop. 220 in 1961) and Sutton (near Runcorn) (390 hectares, pop. 292 in 1961)
• 1992 April 1 — Lost parts to Moore and Preston Brook
• 2008 April 1 — Lost part to Sandymoor

• Jimella's (Internet Archived page) British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists will be of particular value to overseas researchers who are unfamiliar with our geographic divisions and naming conventions.
• The ENG-DESERTED-VILLAGES Mailing List. It has been estimated that there are over 50,000 villages and hamlets that no longer exist for a variety of reasons, ie the 14th C plagues to the English Clearances in the eastern Counties, from mass migrations for economical reasons to villages just falling into the sea! The purpose of the Mailing List is to try to find out exactly where these now-deserted places were located, which parish they were in and where any extant records are kept.
• A Topographical Dictionary of England of 1831 (Google books)

• The Great Britain Historical Geography Information Service (GBHGIS) provides a mass of information about Britain's localities as they have changed over time. Information comes from census reports, historical gazetteers, travellers' tales and historic maps.
• A Vision of Britain Through Time, in the GBHGIS, provides maps and statistical information derived from census reports covering the period 1801-2001, searchable by place name or post code.
• The Association of British Counties (A.B.C.) "is a society dedicated to promoting awareness of the continuing existence of the 86 traditional Counties of Britain".
• British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists (archived copy).