Littleton, Cheshire
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| Population | 644 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SJ440666 |
| Civil parish | Littleton |
| Unitary authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH3 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | City of Chester |
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Littleton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 647.[1]
History
The parish has historically been a little hamlet within the manor and ancient parish of Christleton and as has such been known by the names Parva Cristentona (Little Christleton) in the 12th Century and Parva Christleton up until at least 1795. The name Littleton was used in preference to Parva Cristentona in Daniel Lyson's Magna Britannia (Volume 2) circa 1810.[2][3][4][5]
The open land surrounding and within Littleton contains many former Marl Pits. The Marl from the pits was used as an agricultural fertiliser and also as a component in the process of Brickmaking, which seems to have been practiced locally.[2]
The parish contains one building included in the National Heritage List for England and designated by English Heritage as a listed building. This is Hunter's Court, which originated as a barn in the late 17th century, and was later converted into two houses.[6]
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Littleton A Brief History, Peter H. McCready
- ↑ A Description of the County from Thirty to Forty Miles Round Manchester, John Aiken (1795)
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, by A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press
- ↑ Magna Britannia (Volume 2) Samuel and Daniel Lyson (1810)
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