Tatton is a former

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 ...

, now in the parish of Millington and Rostherne, in the

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district and

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Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

in England. It lay to the north of

Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in Cheshire, England; it is located south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and south-east of Warrington. The population of the parish at the 2021 Uni ...

and mostly covered

Tatton Park Tatton Park is a historic Estate (house), estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall; a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall; Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a Deer park (England), deer park o ...

. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 35. The parish did not have a parish council.

History

Tatton was formerly a

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in the parish of

Rostherne Rostherne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Millington and Rostherne, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (). In 2001 the parish had a population of 160. To t ...

, from 1866 Tatton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished to form "Millington and Rostherne".

References

Former civil parishes in Cheshire Borough of Cheshire East {{Cheshire-geo-stub

History

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