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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

ACTON (near Weaverham)

• Acton was a township in Weaverham parish, and Eddisbury hundred (SJ 5975), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was renamed Acton Bridge in 1967.
• It included the hamlets of Acton Bridge, Acton Cliffe, Hall Green, Lower Green, and (from 1936) Milton.
• The population was 210 in 1801, 424 in 1851, 516 in 1901, and 550 in 1951.

For the period after 1967, see Acton Bridge.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Gained the hamlet of Milton from Weaverham (62 acres, pop. 63 in 1931) , and lost part to Dutton (82 acres, pop. 28 in 1931)
• 1967 February 23 — Renamed Acton Bridge

Churches and Chapels

• Weaverham: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Acton.
• Acton Bridge, Methodist Chapel, Forest Road (Wesleyan). Built ca.1834, rebuilt in 1878.

Local Government Districts

• Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Northwich Rural District (1894-1967)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• Northwich (1885-1967)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Eddisbury (1828-1967)

Poor Law Unions

• Northwich (1836-1930)

Registration Districts

• Northwich (1837-1967)

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