Agden, Cheshire West and Chester

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Agden
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Agden
Location within Cheshire
OS grid reference SJ512441
Civil parish
  • Agden
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WHITCHURCH
Postcode district SY13
Dialling code 01948
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52°59′31″N2°43′44″W / 52.992°N 2.729°W / 52.992; -2.729

Agden is a small civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is the site of Agden Hall. The parish has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The area is mostly made up of farmland, with just a small population now having residence in the area. At the 2001 census it had a population of 42, [1] compared to a peak of 98 reported in 1851. [2]

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Agden is located just 3 miles outside of the market town Whitchurch, and 2.5 miles from Malpas.

In 1870, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Agden "a township in Malpas parish, Cheshire; 3 miles NW of Whitchurch. Acres, 548. Real property, £699. Pop., 110. Houses, 21" [3]

History

Agden was a township and chapelry in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 5143), which became a civil parish in 1866. [2]

See also

References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-12-10
  2. 1 2 GENUKI. "Genuki: Agden (near Malpas), Cheshire". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. "History of Agden, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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