Lea Newbold was formerly a

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 ...

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, England. It covered a rural area containing a few farms lying to the east of the village of

Aldford Aldford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. (). The village is approximately to the south of Chester, on th ...

and south of

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. The parish was abolished in 2015 to become part of the parish of

Aldford and Saighton Aldford and Saighton is a civil parish in Cheshire, England, covering the villages of Aldford, Saighton, and surrounding rural areas. History The civil parish was created in 2015, covering the combined area of the five abolished parishes of Al ...

History

Lea Newbold was historically a

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in the

ancient 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 ...

of Chester St Oswald, which used the south transept of

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as its parish church. Although within the parish of Chester St Oswald, Lea Newbold lay outside the city's municipal boundaries, being in the rural area to the south of the city. From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the

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, in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Chester St Oswald, the civil functions were exercised by the townships rather than the wider parishes. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Lea Newbold became a

. In 2001 (the last census for which statistics were published for the parish) it had a population of 8. On 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished and the area became part of the new parish of Aldford and Saighton.

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

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