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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

DARESBURY

• Daresbury was a township and chapelry in Runcorn ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 5881), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• It includes the hamlet of Daresbury Delph.
• The population was 134 in 1801, 157 in 1851, 153 in 1901, and 235 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Gained the whole of Keckwick (528 acres, pop. 54 in 1931) and Newton by Daresbury (785 acres, pop. 179 in 1931)
• 1967 April 1 — Gained part of Norton (1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost part to Runcorn (51 hectares, pop. 17 in 1951)
• 1992 April 1 — Gained part of Preston Brook, and lost parts to Moore and Preston Brook

Churches and Chapels

• Runcorn: All Saints (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Daresbury.
• Daresbury: All Saints (Church of England). An ancient chapel to Runcorn, and the district church for Daresbury from 1880.

Local Government Districts

• Runcorn Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Runcorn Rural District (1894-1974)
• Halton (1974+)

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Knutsford (1885-1948)
• Runcorn (1949-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Bucklow (1828-39)
• Daresbury (1839-1974)
• Halton (1974+)

Poor Law Unions

• Runcorn

Registration Districts

• Runcorn (1837-1974)
• Halton (1974+)

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