| Picton | |
|---|---|
 Picton Gorse | |
  Picton Location withinCheshire | |
| Population | 58 (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ432710 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH2 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
| 53°14′N2°51′W / 53.23°N 2.85°W /53.23; -2.85 | |
Picton is a hamlet in thecivil parish ofMickle Trafford and District, inCheshire West and Chester,Cheshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east ofChester. Picton was formerly a separate civil parish until 2015.
The name derives partly from a personal noun, withPica's-tūn, meaning Pica's settlement or farmstead.[1]
Evidence of aRoman practice fort was found in 1995 throughaerial photography.[2][3]
Picton Hall and Picton Hall Farmhouse are designated byEnglish Heritage as a Grade IIlisted building.[4]
There are two tiers of local government covering Picton, at parish andunitary authority level: Mickle Trafford and District Parish Council, andCheshire West and Chester Council. The parish council generally meets at the village hall in Mickle Trafford.[5]
Picton was historically atownship in theancient parish ofPlemstall, which formed part of theBroxton Hundred of Cheshire.[6] From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under thepoor laws, in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Plemstall, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Picton became acivil parish, whilst remaining part of theecclesiastical parish of Plemstall.[7][8]
The population of the township or civil parish was 138 in 1801, 155 in 1851, 141 in 1901, 119 in 1951, and 58 in the2001 census, which was the last census to report a population for the parish.[9][10]
From 1972 the parish was placed under agrouped parish council called the Mickle Trafford and District Parish Council, which also coveredBridge Trafford,Mickle Trafford,Hoole Village, andWimbolds Trafford.[11] On 1 April 2015 the five parishes within the group were merged into a single civil parish called Mickle Trafford and District, subject to some minor adjustments to boundaries with neighbouring parishes.[12][9][13]
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