NEWBOLD ASTBURY
- Newbold Astbury was a township in Astbury ancient parish, Northwich
hundred (SJ 8460), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Brownlow, Ciss Green, Congleton Edge (part), Dubthorne
(part), Stye Heath, Wall Hill
- The population was 575 in 1801, 705 in 1851, 593 in 1901, and 564 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
- 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Congleton (18
acres, pop. 25 in 1931)
Churches and Chapels
- Astbury: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish
church for the township of Newbold Astbury.
- Wornish Nook, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1852.
Local Government Districts
- Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
- Congleton (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
Electoral Districts
- South Cheshire (1832-67)
- West Cheshire (1868-85)
- Macclesfield (1885-1948)
- Knutsford (1949-74)
Petty Sessional Divisions
- Northwich (1828-99)
- Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
- Congleton (County) (1907-67)
- South East Cheshire (1967-74)
- Congleton (1974-92)
- South Cheshire (1992+)
Poor Law Unions
Registration Districts
- Congleton (1837-1937)
- Macclesfield (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
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