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Horton-by-Malpas

Coordinates: 53°02′28″N 2°48′54″W / 53.041°N 2.815°W / 53.041; -2.815
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Horton-by-Malpas
The Grange
Horton-by-Malpas is located in Cheshire
Horton-by-Malpas
Horton-by-Malpas
Location within Cheshire
Population62 (2001)
OS grid referenceSJ4549
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMALPAS
Postcode districtSY14
Dialling code01829
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°02′28″N 2°48′54″W / 53.041°N 2.815°W / 53.041; -2.815

Horton-by-Malpas is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Shocklach Oviatt and District, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 62.[1] The parish included the hamlet of Horton Green.

History

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The name Horton derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.[2]

Horton was formerly a township in the parish of Tilston,[3] in 1866 Horton became a separate civil parish.[4] From 1974 to 2009 it was in Chester district. On 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished to form Shocklach Oviatt and District.[5]

Horton Grange was built in 1629 and subsequently altered. It is timber-framed with brick nogging, and partly rebuilt in brick, with slate roofs. It is in two storeys, and consists of a main wing and two cross-wings.[6] The building is Grade II listed.

Horton Green

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The small hamlet of Horton Green lay within the parish. The hamlet is recorded as "Horton Green" in 1831, but had been known as "Horton" as early as 1240.

References

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  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 2009-12-15
  2. ^ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.
  3. ^ "History of Horton, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Horton CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  6. ^ Historic England, "Horton Grange, Horton-by-Malpas (1229089)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 July 2013
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