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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

LITTLE SAUGHALL

• Little Saughall was a township in Shotwick ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3769), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1948 to become part of Saughall.
• The population was 48 in 1801, 69 in 1851, and 137 in 1901.

For the period after 1948, see Saughall.

Boundary Changes

• 1883 March 25 — Gained detached parts Nos. 2 to 4 of Great Saughall (110 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
• 1888 March 24 — Gained detached part No. 5 of Great Saughall (4 acres, pop. 5 in 1891, including Oakenholme), and lost five detached parts to Great Saughall (200 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
• 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Chester (8 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)
• 1948 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Saughall

Churches and Chapels

• Shotwick: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Little Saughall.
• Great Saughall: All Saints (Church of England). The district church for Little Saughall from 1921.

Local Government Districts

• Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Chester Rural District (1894-1948)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Eddisbury (1885-1915)
• Chester (1918-48)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Wirral (1828-71)
• Chester Castle (1871-1948)

Poor Law Unions

• Great Boughton (1837-53)
• Hawarden (1853-71)
• Chester (1871-1930)

Registration Districts

• Great Boughton (1837-69)
• Chester (1870-1937)
• West Cheshire (1937-48)

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