CHOLMONDESTON
- Cholmondeston (pronounced Chumston) was a township in Acton
ancient parish, Nantwich hundred (SJ 6358), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The population was 168 in 1801, 186 in 1851, 162 in 1901, and 172 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
Churches and Chapels
- Acton: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish
church for the township of Cholmondeston.
- Worleston: St. Oswald (Church of England). The
district church for Cholmondeston from 1873.
- Cholmondeston, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built by 1850, closed in
1972. Registers of marriages 1914-69 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Local Government Districts
- Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Nantwich Rural District (1894-1974)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
Electoral Districts
- South Cheshire (1832-67)
- West Cheshire (1868-85)
- Eddisbury (1885-1948)
- Crewe (1949-54)
- Nantwich (1955-74)
Petty Sessional Divisions
- Nantwich (1828-1974)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-92)
- South Cheshire (1992+)
Poor Law Unions
Registration Districts
- Nantwich (1837-1937)
- Crewe (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
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