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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

BARNTON

• Barnton was a township in Great Budworth ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 6375), which became a civil parish in 1866.

• It includes the hamlets of Gunners Clough (part), Rosebank and Saltersford.
• The population was 402 in 1801, 1117 in 1851, 2792 in 1901, and 3918 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Gained part of Weaverham (11 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), and lost parts to Northwich (15 acres, pop. 0 in 1931) and to Weaverham (3 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Great Budworth: St. Mary & All Saints (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Barnton.
• Barnton: Christ Church (Church of England). The district church for the township of Barnton from 1843.
• Barnton: Our Lady of Fatima (Roman Catholic). Opened in 1953.
• Barnton, Methodist (Mount Tabor) Chapel (Free). Founded in 1836, rebuilt in 1867, closed in 1969. Registers of marriages 1913-69 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Barnton, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1896.
• Barnton, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Runcorn Road. Founded c1813, rebuilt in 1875, closed in 1962. Registers of baptisms 1865-1941 and marriages 1939-62 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

Local Government Districts

• Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Northwich Rural District (1894-1974)
• Vale Royal (1974-2009)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Northwich (1885-1974)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Bucklow (1828-39)
• Daresbury (1839-71)
• Leftwich (1871-99)
• Northwich (1899-1974)
• Vale Royal (1974-2012)
• West Cheshire (2012+)

Poor Law Unions

• Northwich

Registration Districts

• Northwich (1837-1974)
• Vale Royal (1974-98)
• Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

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