Agden, Cheshire West and Chester explained

Coordinates:52.992°N -2.729°W
Official Name:Agden
Label Position:top
Civil Parish:Agden
Unitary England:Cheshire West and Chester
Lieutenancy England:Cheshire
Region:North West England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Eddisbury
Post Town:WHITCHURCH
Postcode District:SY13
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01948
Os Grid Reference:SJ512441
Static Image Name:Agden - the last house in Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 842367.jpg
Static Image Caption:Oldhall Street, Agden

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

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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790332 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester
  2. Web site: GENUKI . Genuki: Agden (near Malpas), Cheshire . 2023-11-23 . genuki.org.uk . en.
  3. Web site: History of Agden, in Chester and Cheshire Map and description . 2023-11-23 . visionofbritain.org.uk.