Tilston, Cheshire Family History Guide
Tilston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.
Other places in the parish include: Horton, Horton by Malpas, Stretton, Grafton, and Carden.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1585
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Tilston
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TILSTON, a township and a parish in Great Boughton district, Cheshire.
The township lies 3 miles NW of Malpas, and 7 SSW of Tattenhall r. station. Acres, 758. Real property, £1,572. Pop., 382. Houses, 89.
The parish contains 4 other townships, and comprises 3,644 acres. Post town, Malpas, under Whitchurch. Pop., 817. Houses, 176. Three manors, with Carden Hall, belong to J. H. Leche, Esq.; Horton manor, to the Rev. J. Y. Dod; and Grafton, to Lord Stanley of Alderley.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester Value, £336. Patron, alternately the Marquis of Cholmondeley and T. T. Drake, Esq. The church is good.
There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £6 a year, and charities, £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
TILSTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Great Boughton, Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester; containing, with the townships of Carden, Grafton, Hortonby-Malpas, and Stretton, 923 inhabitants, of whom 450 are in Tilston township, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Malpas.
In the township are 742 acres, the soil of which is partly clay and partly sand. The Chester canal passes close to the village.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 2. 11.; net income, £333; patrons, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, and T. T. Drake, Esq. The tithes of the township have been commuted for £76, and the glebe consists of 38 acres.
A national school is supported partly by an endowment of £16 per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Grafton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Grafton, a township in Tilston parish, Cheshire; 3 ½ miles NW by N of Malpas. Acres, 384. Real property, £601. Pop., 11. House, 1.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Tilston, 1841-1891
Church Records
Manors – Court records
Probate records
Schools
Taxation
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Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Great Boughton
- Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
- Rural Deanery: Malpas
- Poor Law Union: Great Boughton
- Hundred: Broxton
- Province: York