Cotton Edmunds was a township in Christleton ancient parish, Broxton
hundred (SJ 4664), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The population was 73 in 1801, 68 in 1851, 62 in 1901, and 28 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1888 March 24 — Gained a detached part of Cotton Abbotts
(21 acres, pop. 5 in 1891, including Stamford Mill Farm)
1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Foulk Stapleford
(under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), Hockenhull (1
hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Tarvin (1 hectare, pop.
0 in 1961), and lost parts to Christleton
(under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), Foulk Stapleford
(under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), Hockenhull
(1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Tarvin (under 1
hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)
