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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Tattenhall is a village and civil parish, 8 miles south-east of Chester which, since 2009, has been in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded as 1,986.
Tattenhall was an ancient parish and before 1866 included the townships of Golbourn Bellow and Newton by Tattenhall. The population was 606 in 1801, 982 in 1851, 975 in 1901, and 1049 in 1951.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Tattenhall from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "TATTENHALL, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Great Boughton [registration] 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 [railway] station, subscription reading rooms, and fairs on 21 May and 18 Nov. The township comprises 2,906 acres. Real property: £6,743. Population: 1,033. Houses: 216. The manor belongs to R. Barbour, Esq.
- "The parish includes two other townships, and comprises 4,134 acres. Population: 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 [registration] sub-district contains ten parishes, and parts of four others. Acres: 34,688. Population: 7,539. Houses: 1,480."
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