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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BROXTON, a township and a hundred in Cheshire. The township is in Malpas parish; and lies 4½ miles N of Malpas town, and about the same distance S of Tattenhall r. station. Acres, 2,128. Real property, £3,250. Pop., 546. Houses, 115. Broxton Hall here was the seat of the Dods, the Tenants, and the Egertons; is now occupied as a farmhouse; and commands fine prospects. The hundred lies around the township; marches with Flint and Denbigh; and is cut into two divisions, East and West. The E. division contains six parishes and parts of eight other parishes. Acres, 32,515. The W. division contains five parishes and parts of five other parishes. Acres, 42,435. Pop. of both, 18,499. Houses, 3,540.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Broxton CP/Tn Malpas AP/Tn/CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Broxton |
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