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Agden, Cheshire West and Chester

Coordinates: 52°59′31″N 2°43′44″W / 52.992°N 2.729°W / 52.992; -2.729
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Agden
Oldhall Street, Agden
Agden is located in Cheshire
Agden
Agden
Location within Cheshire
OS grid referenceSJ512441
Civil parish
  • Agden
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITCHURCH
Postcode districtSY13
Dialling code01948
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
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Cheshire
52°59′31″N 2°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]

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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-12-10
  2. ^ a b 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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