Leighton, Cheshire
Leighton is a scattered settlement and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the village of Barrows Green (at ), which lies on the northern outskirts of Crewe, 1½ miles from the centre.Genuki: Leighton
(accessed 14 August 2007) Nearby villages include Bradfield Green and Worleston. The total population of the civil parish was 4,883 at the 2011 Census.

History

A Roman road runs through the civil parish. A Primitive Methodist Church, Primitive Methodist chapel was built in Leighton in 1841; it closed in 1899.

Governance

Leighton is administered by Minshull Vernon and District Parish Council, join ...
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Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council. Towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Sandbach, Wilmslow, Handforth, Knutsford, Poynton, Bollington, Alsager and Nantwich. The council is based in the town of Sandbach. History The borough council was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. It is an amalgamation of the former boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich, and includes the functions of the former Cheshire County Council. The residual part of the disaggregated former County Council, together with the other three former Cheshire borough councils (Chester City, Ellesmere Port & Neston and Vale Royal) were, similarly, amalgamated to create the new unitary council of ...
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