Lach Dennis is a village in the

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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

of Lach Dennis and Lostock Green, in the unitary authority area of

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and the ceremonial county of

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, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 232. It is located approximately east of

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History

Lach Dennis was included as a land to Vale Royal Abbey by

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. Abbot Walter exchanged the estates with Randle de Merton for Merton, so early as the reign of Edward VI. The Shakerleys had property here, as had also the

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of Antrobus. The resident proprietors are the executors of the late Cranage Antrobus, Alfred Low, Esq., Mr Jonathan Butters, and Mr France. On 1 February 2023 the parish was renamed from "Lach Dennis" to "Lach Dennis and Lostock Green".

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