Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTON-CHILDER

THORNTON-CHILDER, a township in Eastham parish, Cheshire; 8 miles NNW of Chester. Acres, 723. Pop. in 1851, 319; in 1861, 435. Houses, 85.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eastham CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Childer Thornton

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