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2ndpurple

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Question - English Counties Cheshire & Lancashire
« on: Saturday 02 July 05 02:06 BST (UK) »
I live in the USA, and I don't understand the county/parish, etc. system in the English census records.

Why is Stockport sometimes listed as Cheshire County, and sometimes listed as Lancashire County?  Some records show Stockport, Cheshire Lancashire.  Why both in same record?



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Re: Question - English Counties Cheshire & Lancashire
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 02 July 05 03:35 BST (UK) »
Hi,

l also research Cheshire but found some under Lancashire, they changed the boundaries many years back l think it was 1974 but not sure, so thats the reason.

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Graham, Grundy, Wilson:- Birkenhead
Graham, Sharp, Hodgson, Sherwen:- Workington
Fulford,Braithwaite,Blanchard,Hackforth,Ward,White:- Lincolnshire
Seaby, Cockerill:- Northamptonshire.
Wiseman,Smith:- Warwickshire
Upton, Gentle:- Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire.
Wall, Curtis, Felts, Thoms:- Bedfordshire.
Davis, Smallman:- Shropshire.
Wilcox:- Worcestershire.
Young, Renwick:- Berwick upon Tweed.
Plante:- Stafford, Warwickshire.

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Re: Question - English Counties Cheshire & Lancashire
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 July 05 06:39 BST (UK) »
This website will give you more details
http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gazette/gazzs.htm
As Stockport grew in size in the early C19th it absorbed surrounding parishes which were across the county border and originally in Lancashire.
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