In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Capenhurst like this:
CAPENHURST, a township in Shotwick parish, and a chapelry in Shotwick and Neston parishes, Cheshire. The township lies on the Birkenhead railway, 2 miles NNW of Mollington station, and 5½ NNW of Chester. Acres, 1,173. Real property, £1,315. Pop., 131. Houses, 25. The chapelry was constituted in 1859; and its Post Town is Sutton, under Chester. Pop., 224. Houses, 40. Capenhurst Hall is the seat of the Rev. R. Richardson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. R. Richardson. The church is recent.
Capenhurst through time
Capenhurst is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Capenhurst itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Capenhurst, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3274
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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