Malpas, Cheshire West and Chester

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Malpas is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Malpas within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Malpas in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Malpas.-- market town, par., and township with ry. sta., in SW. of Cheshire - par. (partly also in detached part of Flintshire), 27,094 ac., pop. 5261; township, 1998 ac., pop. 939; town, 1½ mile SW. of sta., which is 13½ miles SE. of Chester; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday, Malpas was the birthplace of Matthew Henry (1662-1714), the commentator, and Bishop Heber (1783-1826), the hymn-writer, and gives the title of Viscount to the Marquis of Cholmondeley.

Malpas in the Domesday Book

A village in Duddeston hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

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