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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

ADLINGTON

• Adlington was a township in the ancient parish of Prestbury, and Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9180), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• It includes the hamlets of Booth Green, Clark Green, Dangerous Corner, Four Lane Ends, Harrop Green, Hibbert Brow, Hollingsworth Smithy, Hope Green, Midway (part), Pedley Hill, Skellorn Green, Styperson, Wardsend, Whiteley Green, and Wood Lanes.
• The population was 847 in 1801, 1104 in 1851, 765 in 1901, and 823 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Bollington (near Macclesfield) (7 acres, pop. 2 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Adlington.
• Adlington: Chapel (Church of England). A private chapel at Adlington Hall.
• Adlington, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built in 1870, closed in 1957. Registers of marriages 1941-54 are at the Cheshire Record Office
• Adlington, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan)

Local Government Districts

• Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1974)
• Macclesfield (1974-2009)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• East Cheshire (1868-85)
• Knutsford (1885-1948)
• Macclesfield (1949-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Prestbury (1828-1974)
• Macclesfield (1974+)

Poor Law Unions

• Macclesfield (1836-1930)

Registration Districts

• Macclesfield (1837-98)
• Cheshire East (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

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