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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

BYLEY

• Byley (or Byley cum Yatehouse) was a township in Middlewich ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7068), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• It includes the hamlets of Drakelow and Yatehouse Green.
• The population was 130 in 1801, 110 in 1851, 199 in 1901, and 217 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1892 March 25 — Gained the whole of Croxton (pop. 48 in 1901) and Ravenscroft (pop. 19 in 1901)
• 1894 September 30 — Lost the  part in Middlewich Urban Sanitary District  to Middlewich (pop. 0 in 1901)
• 1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Kinderton (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), Leese (26 acres, pop. 38 in 1931) and Rudheath (20 acres, pop. 7 in 1931)
• 1988 April 1 — Gained parts of Lach Dennis, Rudheath and Whatcroft

Churches and Chapels

• Middlewich: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Byley.
• Byley cum Lees: St. John the Evangelist (Church of England). The district church for part of Byley from 1848.

Local Government Districts

• Northwich Rural Sanitary District (wholly, 1875-93 ; partly, 1893-94)
• Middlewich Urban District (partly, 1893-94) *
• Northwich Rural District (1894-1974)
• Vale Royal (1974-2009)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

* The part in Middlewich Urban Sanitary District (1893-94) was added to the civil parish of Middlewich in 1894.

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Knutsford (1885-1948) *
• Northwich (1949-74)

* The areas of the former civil parishes of Croxton and Ravenscroft, which became part of Byley in 1892, remained in the Northwich electoral division until 1915.

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Northwich (1828-99)
• Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
• Middlewich (1907-67)
• South East Cheshire (1967-74)
• 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+)

* The area of the former civil parish of Leese, which was added to Byley in 1936, remained in Congleton registration district until 1937.

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