Civil parishes in Cheshire

A map of Cheshire, showing the Boroughs : (1) Cheshire West and Chester; (2) Cheshire East; (3) Warrington; and (4) Halton.

A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 332 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, most of the county being parished. At the 2001 census, there were 565,259 people living in the 332 parishes, accounting for 57.5 per cent of the county's population.

History

Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers.^[1]

The Highways Act 1555 made parishes responsible for the upkeep of roads. Every adult inhabitant of the parish was obliged to work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses; the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways.^[2]

The poor were looked after by the monasteries, until their dissolution. In 1572, magistrates were given power to 'survey the poor' and impose taxes for their relief. This system was made more formal by the Poor Law Act 1601, which made parishes responsible for administering the Poor Law; overseers were appointed to charge a rate to support the poor of the parish.^[3] The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions.^[4] The Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for Rural Districts.^[5]

Parishes were run by vestries, meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes,^[6] although some townships in large parishes administered the Poor Law themselves; under the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882, all extra-parochial areas and townships that levied a separate rate became independent civil parishes.^[7]

Civil parishes in their modern sense date from the Local Government Act 1894, which abolished vestries; established elected parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors; grouped rural parishes into Rural Districts; and aligned parish boundaries with county and borough boundaries.^[7] Urban civil parishes continued to exist, and were generally coterminous with the Urban District, Municipal Borough or County Borough in which they were situated; many large towns contained a number of parishes, and these were usually merged into one. Parish councils were not formed in urban areas, and the only function of the parish was to elect guardians to Poor Law Unions; with the abolition of the Poor Law system in 1930 the parishes had only a nominal existence.^[8]

The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas.^[9]

The current position

Recent governments have encouraged the formation of town and parish councils in unparished areas, and the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 gave local residents the right to demand the creation of a new civil parish.^[10]

A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution;^[9] and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown.^[9] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor.^[9] The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 introduced alternative names: a parish council can now choose to be called a community; village; or neighbourhood council.^[11]

Alsager

Bollington

Congleton

Knutsford

Middlewich

Nantwich

Poynton with Worth

Sandbach

Frodsham

Neston

Northwich

Winsford

Birchwood

Civil parishes with town status

List of civil parishes and unparished areas

Image	Name	Status	Population	District	Former local authority [12]	Refs
	Acton	Civil parish	311	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Adlington	Civil parish	1,081	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Agden	Civil parish	146	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Alderley Edge	Civil parish	4,409	Cheshire East	Alderley Edge Urban District	[18] [16]
	Alpraham	Civil parish	373	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Alsager	Town	12,578	Cheshire East	Alsager Urban District	[19] [20]
	Arclid	Civil parish	199	Cheshire East		Ashley	Civil parish	261	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Aston by Budworth	Civil parish	281	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Aston juxta Mondrum	Civil parish	133	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Audlem	Civil parish	1,790	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Austerson	Civil parish	145	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Baddiley	Civil parish	226	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Baddington	Civil parish	98	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Barthomley	Civil parish	202	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Basford	Civil parish	266	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Batherton	Civil parish	36	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Betchton	Civil parish	620	Cheshire East		Bexton	Civil parish	9	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Bickerton	Civil parish	234	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Blakenhall	Civil parish	125	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Bollington	Town	7,095	Cheshire East	Bollington Urban District	[22] [16]
	Bosley	Civil parish	406	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Bradwall	Civil parish	166	Cheshire East		Brereton	Civil parish	1,012	Cheshire East		Bridgemere	Civil parish	133	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Brindley	Civil parish	134	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Broomhall	Civil parish	206	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Buerton	Civil parish	492	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Bulkeley	Civil parish	240	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Bunbury	Civil parish	1,308	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Burland	Civil parish	582	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Calveley	Civil parish	269	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Checkley cum Wrinehill	Civil parish	104	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Chelford	Civil parish	1,254	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Cholmondeley	Civil parish	136	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Cholmondeston	Civil parish	153	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Chorley	Civil parish	100	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Chorley	Civil parish	399	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Chorlton	Civil parish	113	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Church Lawton	Civil parish	2,201	Cheshire East		Church Minshull	Civil parish	431	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Congleton	Town	25,750	Cheshire East	Congleton Municipal Borough	[23] [20]
	Coole Pilate	Civil parish	60	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Cranage	Civil parish	1,130	Cheshire East		Crewe	Unparished area	48,592	Cheshire East	Crewe Municipal Borough	[24] [25]
	Crewe Green	Civil parish	140	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Disley	Civil parish	4,301	Cheshire East	Disley Rural District	[26] [16]
	Dodcott cum Wilkesley	Civil parish	380	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Doddington	Civil parish	44	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Eaton	Civil parish	289	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Edleston	Civil parish	53	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Egerton	Civil parish	81	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Faddiley	Civil parish	163	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Gawsworth	Civil parish	1,673	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Goostrey	Civil parish	2,201	Cheshire East		Great Warford	Civil parish	615	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Hankelow	Civil parish	272	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Haslington	Civil parish	6,781	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Hassall	Civil parish	281	Cheshire East		Hatherton	Civil parish	344	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Haughton	Civil parish	223	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Henbury	Civil parish	594	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Henhull	Civil parish	71	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	High Legh	Civil parish	1,632	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Higher Hurdsfield	Civil parish	688	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Holmes Chapel	Civil parish	5,669	Cheshire East		Hough	Civil parish	783	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Hulme Walfield	Civil parish	140	Cheshire East		Hunsterson	Civil parish	156	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Hurleston	Civil parish	64	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Kettleshulme	Civil parish	315	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Knutsford	Town	12,656	Cheshire East	Knutsford Urban District	[27] [16]
	Lea	Civil parish	25	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Leighton	Civil parish	4,863	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Little Bollington	Civil parish	162	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Little Warford	Civil parish	275	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Lower Withington	Civil parish	492	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Lyme Handley	Civil parish	151	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Macclesfield	Unparished area	49,531	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Municipal Borough	[28] [29]
	Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough	Civil parish	201	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Marbury cum Quoisley	Civil parish	244	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Marthall	Civil parish	165	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Marton	Civil parish	222	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Mere	Civil parish	601	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Middlewich	Town	13,101	Cheshire East	Middlewich Urban District	[30] [20]
	Millington	Civil parish	244	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Minshull Vernon	Civil parish	224	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Mobberley	Civil parish	2,546	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Moreton cum Alcumlow	Civil parish	150	Cheshire East		Moston	Civil parish	375	Cheshire East		Mottram St Andrew	Civil parish	629	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Nantwich	Town	12,515	Cheshire East	Nantwich Urban District	[31] [14]
	Nether Alderley	Civil parish	571	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Newbold Astbury	Civil parish	475	Cheshire East		Newhall	Civil parish	669	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Norbury	Civil parish	190	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	North Rode	Civil parish	178	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Odd Rode	Civil parish	5,552	Cheshire East		Ollerton	Civil parish	323	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Over Alderley	Civil parish	335	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Peckforton	Civil parish	116	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Peover Inferior	Civil parish	102	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Peover Superior	Civil parish	658	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Pickmere	Civil parish	541	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Plumley	Civil parish	649	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Poole	Civil parish	101	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Pott Shrigley	Civil parish	220	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Poynton with Worth	Town	14,433	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Prestbury	Civil parish	3,324	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Rainow	Civil parish	1,282	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Ridley	Civil parish	120	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Rope	Civil parish	2,155	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Rostherne	Civil parish	160	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Sandbach	Town	17,630	Cheshire East	Sandbach Urban District	[32] [20]
	Shavington cum Gresty	Civil parish	4,849	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Siddington	Civil parish	376	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Smallwood	Civil parish	491	Cheshire East		Snelson	Civil parish	157	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Somerford	Civil parish	343	Cheshire East		Somerford Booths	Civil parish	175	Cheshire East		Sound	Civil parish	233	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Spurstow	Civil parish	394	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Stapeley	Civil parish	1,048	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Stoke	Civil parish	201	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Sutton	Civil parish	2,464	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Swettenham	Civil parish	248	Cheshire East		Tabley Inferior	Civil parish	137	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Tabley Superior	Civil parish	316	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Tatton	Civil parish	35	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Toft	Civil parish	81	Cheshire East	Bucklow Rural District	[17] [16]
	Twemlow	Civil parish	168	Cheshire East		Walgherton	Civil parish	121	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Wardle	Civil parish	181	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Warmingham	Civil parish	175	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Weston	Civil parish	969	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Wettenhall	Civil parish	135	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Willaston	Civil parish	2,973	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Wilmslow	Unparished area	30,326	Cheshire East	Wilmslow Urban District	[33] [34]
	Wincle	Civil parish	164	Cheshire East	Macclesfield Rural District	[15] [16]
	Wirswall	Civil parish	76	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Wistaston	Civil parish	8,222	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Woolstanwood	Civil parish	723	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Worleston	Civil parish	404	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Wrenbury cum Frith	Civil parish	1,060	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Wybunbury	Civil parish	1,474	Cheshire East	Nantwich Rural District	[13] [14]
	Acton Bridge	Civil parish	602	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Agden	Civil parish	42	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Aldersey	Civil parish	72	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Aldford	Civil parish	213	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Allostock	Civil parish	783	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Alvanley	Civil parish	485	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Anderton with Marbury	Civil parish	582	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Antrobus	Civil parish	832	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Ashton Hayes	Civil parish	919	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38] [41]
	Aston	Civil parish	111	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Bache	Civil parish	158	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Backford	Civil parish	109	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Barnton	Civil parish	5,527	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Barrow	Civil parish	943	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Barton	Civil parish	71	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Beeston	Civil parish	199	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Bickley	Civil parish	498	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Bostock	Civil parish	229	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Bradley	Civil parish	61	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Bridge Trafford	Civil parish	33	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Broxton	Civil parish	390	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Bruen Stapleford	Civil parish	66	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Buerton	Civil parish	22	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Burton	Civil parish	50	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Burton	Unparished area	715	Cheshire West and Chester	Neston Urban District	[42] [43]
	Burwardsley	Civil parish	167	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Byley	Civil parish	202	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Caldecott	Civil parish	24	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Capenhurst	Civil parish	237	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Carden	Civil parish	69	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Caughall	Civil parish	29	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Chester	Unparished area	58,220	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester County Borough	[44] [45]
	Chester Castle	Civil parish	0	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Chidlow	Civil parish	8	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Chorlton	Civil parish	68	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Chorlton by Backford	Civil parish	80	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Chowley	Civil parish	23	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Christleton	Civil parish	2,112	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Church Shocklach	Civil parish	113	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Churton by Aldford	Civil parish	136	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Churton by Farndon	Civil parish	146	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Churton Heath	Civil parish	8	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Claverton	Civil parish	7	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Clotton Hoofield	Civil parish	308	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Clutton	Civil parish	259	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Coddington	Civil parish	78	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Comberbach	Civil parish	1,002	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Cotton Abbotts	Civil parish	3	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Cotton Edmunds	Civil parish	25	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Crewe by Farndon	Civil parish	16	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Croughton	Civil parish	47	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Crowton	Civil parish	429	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Cuddington	Civil parish	180	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Cuddington	Civil parish	5,223	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Darnhall	Civil parish	214	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Davenham	Civil parish	5,655	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Delamere	Civil parish	1,028	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Dodleston	Civil parish	777	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Duckington	Civil parish	59	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Duddon	Civil parish	473	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Dunham on the Hill	Civil parish	534	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Dutton	Civil parish	403	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Eaton	Civil parish	51	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Eccleston	Civil parish	184	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Edge	Civil parish	164	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Edgerley	Civil parish	7	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Ellesmere Port	Unparished area	62,664	Cheshire West and Chester	Ellesmere Port Municipal Borough	[46] [47]
	Elton	Civil parish	3,528	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Farndon	Civil parish	1,517	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Foulk Stapleford	Civil parish	156	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Frodsham	Town	8,982	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Golborne Bellow	Civil parish	89	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Golborne David	Civil parish	55	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Grafton	Civil parish	3	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Great Boughton	Civil parish	8,682	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Great Budworth	Civil parish	373	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Guilden Sutton	Civil parish	1,525	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Hampton	Civil parish	409	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Handley	Civil parish	149	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Hapsford	Civil parish	129	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Hartford	Civil parish	5,515	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Harthill	Civil parish	44	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Hatton	Civil parish	120	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Helsby	Civil parish	4,701	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Hockenhull	Civil parish	19	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Hoole Village	Civil parish	233	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Horton by Malpas	Civil parish	62	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Horton cum Peel	Civil parish	15	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Huntington	Civil parish	1,961	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Huxley	Civil parish	220	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Iddinshall	Civil parish	42	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Ince	Civil parish	209	Cheshire West and Chester	Ellesmere Port Municipal Borough	[46] [48]
	Kelsall	Civil parish	2,520	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Kings Marsh	Civil parish	30	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Kingsley	Civil parish	2,026	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Lach Dennis	Civil parish	233	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Larkton	Civil parish	28	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Lea by Backford	Civil parish	191	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Lea Newbold	Civil parish	8	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Ledsham	Civil parish	88	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Little Budworth	Civil parish	649	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Little Leigh	Civil parish	575	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Little Stanney	Civil parish	181	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Littleton	Civil parish	644	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Lostock Gralam	Civil parish	2,317	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Lower Kinnerton	Civil parish	119	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Macefen	Civil parish	81	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Malpas	Civil parish	1,628	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Manley	Civil parish	548	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Marlston cum Lache	Civil parish	112	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Marston	Civil parish	525	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Mickle Trafford	Civil parish	1,831	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Mollington	Civil parish	663	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Moston	Civil parish	680	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Mouldsworth	Civil parish	302	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Moulton	Civil parish	2,442	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Neston	Town	15,162	Cheshire West and Chester	Neston Urban District	[42] [49] [50]
	Nether Peover	Civil parish	417	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Newton by Malpas	Civil parish	11	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Newton by Tattenhall	Civil parish	116	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Norley	Civil parish	1,186	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Northwich	Town	19,259	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Urban District	[51] [36]
	Oakmere	Civil parish	543	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Oldcastle	Civil parish	54	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Overton	Civil parish	68	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Picton	Civil parish	58	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Poulton	Civil parish	92	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Prior's Heys	Civil parish	10	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Puddington	Civil parish	325	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Pulford	Civil parish	395	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Rowton	Civil parish	497	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Rudheath	Civil parish	3,822	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Rushton	Civil parish	419	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Saighton	Civil parish	192	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Saughall	Civil parish	3,084	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Shocklach Oviatt	Civil parish	78	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Shotwick	Civil parish	58	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Shotwick Park	Civil parish	56	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Sproston	Civil parish	197	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Stanthorne	Civil parish	136	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Stockton	Civil parish	21	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Stoke	Civil parish	145	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Stretton	Civil parish	51	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Sutton	Civil parish	457	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Tarporley	Civil parish	2,634	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Tarvin	Civil parish	2,693	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Tattenhall	Civil parish	1,986	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Thornton le Moors	Civil parish	260	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Threapwood	Civil parish	285	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Tilston	Civil parish	627	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Tilstone Fearnall	Civil parish	99	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Tiverton	Civil parish	406	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Tushingham cum Grindley	Civil parish	166	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Upton by Chester	Civil parish	7,800	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Utkinton	Civil parish	651	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Waverton	Civil parish	1,560	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Weaverham	Civil parish	6,589	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Wervin	Civil parish	118	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Whitegate and Marton	Civil parish	971	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Whitley	Civil parish	508	Cheshire West and Chester	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [36]
	Wigland	Civil parish	104	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Willaston	Unparished area	2,922	Cheshire West and Chester	Neston Urban District	[42] [52]
	Willington	Civil parish	113	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Wimbolds Trafford	Civil parish	97	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Wimboldsley	Civil parish	135	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Wincham	Civil parish	2,289	Cheshire West and Chester	Northwich Rural District	[35] [36]
	Winsford	Town	29,683	Cheshire West and Chester	Winsford Urban District	[53] [36]
	Woodbank	Civil parish	62	Cheshire West and Chester	Chester Rural District	[39] [38]
	Wychough	Civil parish	11	Cheshire West and Chester	Tarvin Rural District	[37] [38]
	Daresbury	Civil parish	216	Halton	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [54]
	Hale	Civil parish	1,898	Halton	Whiston Rural District	[55] [54]
	Halebank	Civil parish	1,046	Halton	Widnes Municipal Borough	[56] [57] [58]
	Moore	Civil parish	807	Halton	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [54]
	Preston Brook	Civil parish	716	Halton	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [54]
	Runcorn	Unparished area	58,503	Halton	Runcorn Urban District	[59] [60]
	Sandymoor	Civil parish	1,761	Halton	Runcorn Urban District	[59] [61] [58]
	Widnes	Unparished area	53,261	Halton	Widnes Municipal Borough	[56] [62]
	Appleton	Civil parish	10,477	Warrington	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [63]
	Birchwood	Town	11,395	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Burtonwood and Westbrook	Civil parish	11,265	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Croft	Civil parish	2,920	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Cuerdley	Civil parish	105	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Culcheth and Glazebury	Civil parish	8,534	Warrington	Golborne Urban District	[65] [63]
	Grappenhall and Thelwall	Civil parish	9,377	Warrington	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [63]
	Great Sankey	Civil parish	24,211	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Hatton	Civil parish	316	Warrington	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [63]
	Lymm	Civil parish	10,552	Warrington	Lymm Urban District	[66] [63]
	Penketh	Civil parish	8,699	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Poulton with Fearnhead	Civil parish	17,019	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Rixton with Glazebrook	Civil parish	1,884	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Stockton Heath	Civil parish	6,396	Warrington	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [63]
	Stretton	Civil parish	1,009	Warrington	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [63]
	Walton	Civil parish	1,594	Warrington	Runcorn Rural District	[40] [63]
	Warrington	Unparished area	53,093	Warrington	Warrington County Borough	[67] [68]
	Winwick	Civil parish	4,366	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]
	Woolston	Civil parish	7,868	Warrington	Warrington Rural District	[64] [63]

See also

• List of civil parishes in England

References

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22. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bollington Urban District Retrieved 2009-11-28
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24. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Crewe Municipal Borough Retrieved 2009-11-25
25. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Alexandra (part); Coppenhall; Delamere; Grosvenor; Leighton (part); Maw Green; St Barnabas (part); St John's; Valley; Waldron; and Wistaston Green wards. Retrieved 2009-11-25
26. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Disley Rural District Retrieved 2009-11-29
27. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Knutsford Urban District Retrieved 2009-11-30
28. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Macclesfield Municipal Borough Retrieved 2009-11-25
29. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Macclesfield Bollinbrook; Macclesfield Broken Cross; Macclesfield Central; Macclesfield East; Macclesfield Hurdsfield; Macclesfield Ivy; Macclesfield Ryles; Macclesfield South (part); Macclesfield Tytherington; and Macclesfield West wards. Retrieved 2009-11-25
30. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Middlewich Urban District Retrieved 2009-11-30
31. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Nantwich Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-01
32. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sandbach Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-03
33. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wilmslow Urban District Retrieved 2009-11-25
34. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Dean Row; Fulshaw; Handforth; Hough; Lacey Green; and Morley and Styal wards. Retrieved 2009-11-25
35. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Northwich Rural District Retrieved 2009-12-10
36. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as} Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Vale Royal Retrieved 2009-12-10
37. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tarvin Rural District Retrieved 2009-12-10
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39. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Chester Rural District Retrieved 2009-12-10
40. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Runcorn Rural District Retrieved 2009-12-05
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42. ^ ^{a b c} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Neston Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-09
43. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Burton and Ness (part) ward. Retrieved 2009-12-09
44. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Chester County Borough Retrieved 2009-12-09
45. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Blacon Hall; Blacon Lodge; Boughton; Boughton Heath (part); City and St Anne's (part); College; Curzon and Westminster; Handbridge and St Mary's; Hoole All Saints; Hoole Groves; Lache Park; Newton Brook; Newton St Michaels; Upton Grange (part); and Vicars Cross (part) wards. Retrieved 2009-12-09
46. ^ ^{a b} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ellesmere Port Municipal Borough Retrieved 2009-12-09
47. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Central; Grange; Groves; Ledsham; Pooltown; Rivacre; Rossmore; Strawberry Fields; Stanlow and Wolverham (part); Sutton; Sutton Green and Manor; Westminster; Whitby; and Willaston and Thornton (part) wards. Retrieved 2009-12-09
48. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Ellesmere Port and Neston Retrieved 2009-12-19
49. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Burton and Ness (part); Little Neston; Neston; Parkgate; and Riverside wards. Retrieved 2009-12-09
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51. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Northwich Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-26
52. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Willaston and Thornton (part) ward. Retrieved 2009-12-09
53. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Winsford Urban District Retrieved 2010-01-02
54. ^ ^{a b c d} Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Halton Retrieved 2009-12-08
55. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Whiston Rural District Retrieved 2009-12-08
56. ^ ^{a b} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Widnes Municipal Borough Retrieved 2009-12-08
57. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Ditton ward (part). Retrieved 2009-12-08
58. ^ ^{a b} The Electoral Commission : The Halton (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2008 Retrieved 2009-12-10
59. ^ ^{a b} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Runcorn Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-08
60. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Beechwood; Daresbury (part); Grange; Halton Brook; Halton Castle; Halton Lea; Heath; Mersey; Norton North; Norton South; and Windmill Hill wards. Retrieved 2009-12-08
61. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Daresbury ward (part). Retrieved 2009-12-08
62. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Appleton; Birchfield; Broadheath; Ditton (part); Farnworth; Halton View; Hough Green; Kingsway; and Riverside wards. Retrieved 2009-12-08
63. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Warrington Retrieved 2009-12-05
64. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Warrington Rural District Retrieved 2009-12-05
65. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Golborne Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-05
66. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Lymm Urban District Retrieved 2009-12-06
67. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Warrington County Borough Retrieved 2009-11-25
68. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Bewsey and Whitecross; Fairfield and Howley; Latchford East; Latchford West; Orford; and Poplars and Hulme (part) wards. Retrieved 2009-11-25

External links

• Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings
• Cheshire East Council : Clerks of Town Councils, Parish Councils and Parish Meetings
• Cheshire West and Chester Council : Contact Details for Local Council Clerks
• Halton Borough Council : Parish Councils
• Warrington Borough Council : Parish and Town Councils