Place:Tarvin, Cheshire, England

Alt namesTervesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 54
TypeParish (ancient), Village, Civil parish
Coordinates53.2°N 2.767°W
Located inCheshire, England
See alsoEddisbury (hundred), Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was once situated
Great Boughton Registration District, Cheshire, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-1870
Chester Registration District, Cheshire, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1870-1937
Chester City (borough), Cheshire, Englanddistrict in which it was located 1974-2009
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Tarvin is a village which since 2009 has been located in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It had a population of 2,693 people at the 2001 UK census, and the ward covers about 17 square miles (44 km2).

Tarvin is about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Chester and is located near the junction of the A51, towards Nantwich and Tarporley, and the A54, towards Northwich and on to Manchester. These two main trunk roads bypass the village centre on either side. The northerly A54 bypass was constructed in 1933, and the southerly A51 bypass in 1984.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Tarvin from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"TARVIN, a village, a township, and a parish, in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The village stands 3 miles NE of Waverton [railway] station, and 5½ E of Chester; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Chester, and fairs on 20 April and 2 Dec.
"The township includes Oscroft hamlet, and comprises 2,007 acres. Real property: £5,886. Population: 1,074. Houses: 244. The manor belongs to Mrs. Milburn.
"The parish contains also ten other townships, and comprises 10,571 acres. Population in 1851: 3,511; in 1861: 3,319. Houses: 680.
"The living is a vicarage, with the chapelries of Duddon and Kelsall, in the diocese of Chester. Value: £600. Patron, the Bishop of [omitted]. The church is chiefly later English, and has a fine tower. The [perpetual] curacy of Ashton-Hayes and the donative of Hargrave are separate benefices. Three dissenting chapels, an endowed grammar-school, and a national school are in [Tarvin] township; and various places of worship and public schools are in the other townships. Charities, £276."

The other townships of Tarvin were Ashton, Bruen-Stapleford, Burton-by-Tarvin, Clotton-Hoofield, Duddon, Foulk-Stapleford, Hockenhull, Horton-cum-Peel, Kelsall and Mouldsworth. There was another chapelry at Hargrave which never became a civil parish.

Tarvin was in the Eddisbury hundred, and became a civil parish in 1866. It includes the hamlets of Austins Hill, Broombank, Duddon Heath (part), Old Moss, Oscroft, Tarvin Sands (part), Weetwood, Willington and Willington Corner (part). The population was 768 in 1801, 1181 in 1851, 1093 in 1901, and 1505 in 1951. (Source:GENUKI)

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Tarvin.

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