Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester

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Tarporley is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Other current and historical names

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

Tarporley in historic gazetteers

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

Tarporley, market town, par., and township (ry. sta. Beeston Castle and Tarporley, 2 miles S.), Cheshire, 10 miles SE. of Chester - township, 1144 ac., pop. 1350; town and par., 6194 ac., pop. 2669; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. Tarporley is an ancient place, whose inhabitants are chiefly employed in the mfr. of stockings and leather breeches. It is the headquarters of the Cheshire Hunt. A battle, in which the Royalists were victorious, was fought here in 1642.

Tarporley in the Domesday Book

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

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