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Broxton, Cheshire

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Population
  
461 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Broxton

Country
  
England

Dialling code
  
01829

Post town
  
Chester

OS grid reference
  
SJ479542

Region
  
North West

Local time
  
Saturday 9:45 PM

Ceremonial county
  
Cheshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Eddisbury

Broxton, Cheshire

Unitary authority
  
Cheshire West and Chester

Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 84% Humidity

Broxton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is 11 miles south of Chester, and only 10 miles east of Wrexham in Wales. The civil parish also contains the small settlements of Barnhill, Bolesworth, Brown Knowl, Fuller's Moor and Meadow Bank. According to the 2001 Census it had a total population of 390, increasing to 461 at the 2011 census.

Contents

Map of Broxton, Chester, UK

Notable residents

  • Harry Atkinson, premier of New Zealand on four occasions during the late 19th century was born in Broxton.
  • Austin Carr, cricketer, was born at Lower Hall, in Broxton in 1898.
  • Roger Moore, actor, lived at Broxton Hall during his marriage to singer Dorothy Squires, which lasted from 1953 to 1968.

    • References

    Broxton, Cheshire Wikipedia
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