Picton is a hamlet and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Mickle Trafford and District, situated near to
Chester, in the
Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of
Cheshire, England.
The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Mickle Trafford and District.
The name derives partly from a personal noun, with ''Pica's-tūn'', meaning Pica's settlement or farmstead.
Formerly a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in the
Broxton Hundred, its population was 138 in 1801, 155 in 1851, 141 in 1901, 119 in 1951 and 58 in the
2001 census.
[
In 1995 ]aerial photography
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Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing airc ...
showed evidence of a Roman
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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practice fort in the parish.
Picton Hall and Picton Hall Farmhouse are designated by English Heritage
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The charity states that i ...
as a Grade II listed building
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. It is the only listed building in the parish.
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Villages in Cheshire
Former civil parishes in Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester
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