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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

BOWDON

• Bowdon was a township in Bowdon ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 7586), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Greater Manchester.
• It includes the hamlet of Rosehill.
• The population was 340 in 1801, 1164 in 1851, 2788 in 1901, and 3529 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1883 March 25 — Gained a detached of Bollington (near Lymm) (less than 1 acre, pop. 0 in 1891)
• 1894 — Lost the former detached part of Bollington (near Lymm) (less than 1 acre, pop. 0 in 1891), which became a separate unnamed parish in Altrincham Rural District under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1894
• 1936 April 1 — Regained the whole of the unnamed parish which until 1883 formed part of Bollington (near Lymm) and gained further parts of Bollington (near Lymm) (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1931) and Dunham Massey (240 acres, pop. 85 in 1931), and lost parts to Altrincham (2 acres, pop. 29 in 1931) and Hale (near Altrincham) (less than 1 acre, pop. 0 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Bowdon: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Bowdon.
• Ashley: St. Elizabeth (Church of England). From 1881 a district church serving part of the township of Bowdon.
• Bowdon, St. Paul's Methodist Church (Wesleyan), Enville Road. Built in 1880.
• Bowdon, Methodist Church (Wesleyan), Vicarage Lane.
• Bowdon, Methodist Church (Wesleyan), Priory Street.
• Bowdon, Presbyterian Church, Delamere Road. Built in 1872.

Local Government Districts

• Bowdon Local Board (1864-75)
• Bowdon Urban Sanitary District (1875-94) *
• Bowdon Urban District (1894-1974)
• Trafford Metropolitan Borough [Greater Manchester] (1974+)

* The former detached part of Bollington (near Lymm) which was transferred to Bowdon in 1883 remained in Altrincham Rural Sanitary District until it became a separate parish under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1894.

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Altrincham (1885-1945)
• Bucklow (1945-48)
• Knutsford (1949-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Bucklow (1828-74)
• Altrincham (1874-1974)
• Trafford (1974+)

Poor Law Unions

• Altrincham (1837-95)
• Bucklow (1895-1930)

Registration Districts

• Altrincham (1837-98)
• Bucklow (1898-1974)
• Trafford (1974+)

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