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PULFORD, a village, a township, and a parish, in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Dee, at the boundary with Wales, 2 miles N E of Rossett r. station, and 5 S by W of Chester; and has a post-office under Wrexham. The township comprises 1, 176 acres. Real property, £1, 723. Pop., 222. Houses, 45. The parish contains also the township of Poulton, and comprises 2, 567 acres. Real property, £3, 446. Pop., 354. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £200.* Patron, the Marquis of Westminster. The church was built in 1833; and is in the Tudor style, cruciform, with a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Pulford AP/CP Great Boughton PLU Cheshire AncC |
Place: | Pulford |
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