Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

WERVIN

• Wervin was a township in St. Oswald's ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 4272), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The population was 56 in 1801, 60 in 1851, 94 in 1901, and 89 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Thornton le Moors (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wimbolds Trafford (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Thornton le Moors (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wimbolds Trafford (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)

Churches and Chapels

• Chester: St. Oswald (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Wervin.
• Chester: St. Thomas of Canterbury (Church of England). Built in 1872 as a chapel to Chester: St. Oswald, which it succeeded as the district church in 1881.

Local Government Districts

• Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
• Chester (1974-2009)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Eddisbury (1885-1915)
• Chester (1918-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Broxton (1828-71)
• Chester Castle (1871-1974)
• Chester (1974-2001)
• Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
• West Cheshire (2012+)

Poor Law Unions

• Great Boughton (1837-71)
• Chester (1871-1930)

Registration Districts

• Great Boughton (1837-69)
• Chester (1870-1937)
• West Cheshire (1937-74)
• Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
• Cheshire West (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

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