A township in Brereton Parish, Northwich Hundred (SJ 7864). In 1936 the civil parish was extended to include the whole of Davenport, and was
renamed Brereton.
Includes the hamlets of Bagmere, Brindley Green, Brownedge, Hazelshawe, Illidge Green, Medhurst Green, Sandlow Green and Smethwick.
The population was 556 in 1801, 649 in 1851, 552 in 1901 and 613 in 1951.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Brereton cum Smethwick, St. Oswald (C of E). An ancient parish church serving the township of Brereton cum Smethwick. Registers of Baptisms 1538-1972, Marriages
1538-1860 and Burials 1538-1869 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
Brereton, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built 1882, closed c.1923.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS
Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94); Congleton Rural District (1894-1974); Congleton (1974-date)
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
South Cheshire (1832-67); Mid Cheshire (1868-85); Knutsford (1885-1974)
POOR-LAW UNIONS
Congleton
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS
Congleton (1837-1937); Crewe (1937-74); Congleton and Crewe (1974-88); South Cheshire (1988-98); Cheshire East (1998+)
