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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tattenhall like this:
TATTENHALL, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The village stands 1 mile S of the Chester and Crewe railway, and 8 SE of Chester; contains many good residences; and has a post-office‡ under Chester, a r. station, subscription reading rooms, and fairs on 21 May and 18 Nov. ...
The township comprises 2,906 acres. Real property, £6,743. Pop., 1,033. Houses, 216. The manor belongs to R. Barbour, Esq.—The parish includes two other townships, and comprises 4,134 acres. Pop., 1,262. Houses, 255. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church is ancient but good. There are Independent and Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £23.—The sub-district contains ten parishes, and parts of four other s. Acres, 34,688. Pop., 7,539. Houses, 1,480.
Tattenhall is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tattenhall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tattenhall, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3719
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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