Foulk Stapleford is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of Hargrave and Huxley, in the unitary authority of

Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to l ...

and the ceremonial county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 161. Foulk-Stapleford was formerly a

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in the parish of

Tarvin Tarvin is a village 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, rising to 2,728 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, ...

, in 1866 Foulk Stapleford became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished to form Hargrave and Huxley. It contained the village of Hargrave. St Peter's Church, Hargrave is a Grade II* listed building.

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Former civil parishes in Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester {{Cheshire-geo-stub

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