Place:Seven Oaks, Cheshire, England

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NameSeven Oaks
Alt namesSevenoakssource: Family History Library Catalog
Fandleysource: hamlet in parish
Gibb Hillsource: hamlet in parish
Senna Greensource: hamlet in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.3011°N 2.5283°W
Located inCheshire, England     ( - 1936)
See alsoGreat Budworth, Cheshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Bucklow Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Runcorn Rural, Cheshire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1936
Antrobus, Cheshire, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1936

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Sevenoaks from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"SEVENOAKS, a township in Great Budworth parish, Cheshire; 4 miles N W by N of Northwich. Acres: 601. Real property: £1,391. Population: 159. Houses: 31. There is a Quakers' chapel."

Sevenoaks (#29 on map) became a civil parish in 1866. It was located in Runcorn Registration District and Runcorn Rural District until 1936 when it was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Antrobus (#3).

GENUKI states:
Seven Oaks was a township in Great Budworth ancient parish in Bucklow Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. It includes the hamlets of Fandley, Gibb Hill and Senna Green. The population was 103 in 1801, 148 in 1851, and 162 in 1901.

There is no article in Wikipedia. Co-ordinates were found with the aid of Google Earth which homed in on Sevenoaks Sawmill near Great Budworth and Budworth Heath. Some references refer to Seven Oaks, possibly differentiating the hamlet from the large town of Sevenoaks, Kent in the south of England.

Image:Great Budworth ancient parish.png

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