Cheshire Parishes : Hoole

HOOLE

Hoole was a township in Broxton Hundred (SJ 4267), mainly in Plemstall Parish (except for a small part in Chester St. John the Baptist parish), which became a civil parish in 1866.
In 1894 the new civil parish of Hoole Village was created from part of Hoole.
In 1936 parts of Hoole were added to Chester and Great Boughton, and parts of Guilden Sutton, Hoole Village and Newton by Chester were transferred to Hoole.
In 1954 Hoole was divided between Chester, Guilden Sutton and Hoole Village civil parishes.
The population was 177 in 1801, 427 in 1851, 5341 in 1901, and 9056 in 1951.

Plemstall, St. Peter (C of E). The ancient parish church for most of Hoole.
Chester, St. John the Baptist (C of E). The ancient parish church for the remainder of Hoole.
Chester, Christ Church (C of E). The parish church from 1843 to 1872.
Hoole, All Saints (C of E). Founded 1867, becoming the parish church for Hoole and Newton by Chester from 1872. Registers of Baptisms 1868–1979 and Marriages 1872–2005 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).
Hoole, Methodist Chapel, Hamilton Street. Built in 1928.
Hooole, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Walker Street. Built in 1887. Registers 1908–1957 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Great Boughton (1837–69)
Chester (1870–1937)
West Cheshire (1937–74)
Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
Cheshire West (1998+)