In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Padgate like this:
PADGATE, a village and a chapelry in Warrington parish, Lancashire. The village stands 1 mile N of the river Mersey at the boundary with Cheshire, and 2½ N E of Warrington r. station. The chapelry was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Warrington. Pop. in 1861, 1, 510. Houses, 296. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, the Rector of Warrington.
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Padgate through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Padgate, in Warrington and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24754
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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