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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

CHURCH LAWTON

• Church Lawton was a township and parish in Northwich hundred (SJ 8155), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• It includes the hamlets of Hall Green (part), Lawton, Lawton Gate, Lawton Heath, Lawton Springs, Little Moss (part), Moss Pit, and Red Bull.
• The population was 445 in 1801, 693 in 1851, 850 in 1901, and 971 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1965 April 1 — Gained part of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost part to Kidsgrove, Staffordshire (29 hectares, pop. 136 in 1961)

• 1982 April 1 — Gained parts of Betchton and Odd Rode, and lost part to Odd Rode

• 1991 April 1 — Gained part of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1991) and lost part to Kidsgrove, Staffordshire (3 hectares, pop. 12 in 1991)

Churches and Chapels

• Church Lawton: All Saints (Church of England). An ancient parish church serving the township of Church Lawton.
• Hall Green, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1874.

Local Government Districts

• Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
• Congleton (1974-2009)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

Electoral Districts

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

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Northwich (1828-99)
• Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
• Sandbach (1907-67)
• South East Cheshire (1967-74)
• Congleton (1974-92)
• South Cheshire (1992+)

Poor Law Unions

• Congleton

Registration Districts

• Congleton (1837-1937)
• Crewe (1937-74)
• Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
• South Cheshire (1988-98)
• Cheshire East (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

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