Northwich Rural District, Cheshire (1970)

Northwich Rural District was a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

surrounding, but not including the towns of

Northwich {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ...

and

Winsford Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich. It grew around the salt mining industry ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, which were separate urban districts. It was created in 1894 from the Northwich Rural Sanitary District. In 1936, several changes were made to the boundaries of the rural district; the most significant was enlargement due to the abolition of Tarporley Urban District. Before the 1936 changes, the district also surrounded the town of

Middlewich Middlewich is a town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, east of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,595. ...

. In 1974, the district was abolished and the area along with Northwich Urban District, Winsford Urban District and parts of Runcorn Rural District became the district (later Borough) of

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. The council was based in

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(west of Northwich) which became the headquarters of Vale Royal District Council. The former headquarters site has now been sold and a housing estate built in the grounds.

Parishes

The district included the parishes of: *Acton (renamed Acton Bridge in 1967) *Allostock *Anderton *Barnton *Bostock *Byley *Clive (abolished to enlarge Stanthorne and Winsford Urban District in 1936) *Cogshall (abolished to enlarge Comberbach in 1936) *Comerbach *Crowton *Croxton (abolished to enlarge Byley in 1936) *Cuddington *Darnhall *Davenham *Delamere *Eaton (abolished to enlarge Davenham 1936) *Eddisbury (abolished to enlarge Delamere in 1936) *Hartford *Kinderton (abolished to enlarge Bradwell, Byley, Sproston, Stanthorne, Tetton, Wimboldsley and Middlewich Urban District in 1936) *Lach Dennis *Leftwich (abolished to enlarge Davenham, Hartford and Northwich Urban District in 1936) *Little Budworth *Little Leigh *Lostock Gralam *Marbury *Marston *Marton *Moulton *Nether Peover *Oakmere *Rudheath *Rushton (part of Tarporley Rural District until 1936) *Sproston *Stanthorne (abolished and transferred to Winsford Urban District in 1936) *Tarporley (part of Tarporley Urban District until 1936) *Utkinton (part of Tarporley Urban District until 1936) *Weaverham Cum Milton *Whatcroft *Wimboldsley *Wincham *Winnington (abolished to enlarge Hartford, Weaverham cum Milton and Northwich Urban District in 1936)

References

Northwich Former districts of Cheshire {{Cheshire-geo-stub