A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
CAPENHURST, a township in Shotwick parish, and a chapelry in Shotwick and Neston parishes, Cheshire. The township lies on the Birkenhead railway, 2 miles NNW of Mollington station, and 5½ NNW of Chester. Acres, 1,173. Real property, £1,315. Pop., 131. Houses, 25. The chapelry was constituted in 1859; and its Post Town is Sutton, under Chester. Pop., 224. Houses, 40. Capenhurst Hall is the seat of the Rev. R. Richardson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. R. Richardson. The church is recent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Capenhurst CP/Tn Neston AP Shotwick CP/AP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Capenhurst |
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