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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

DAVENHAM

• Davenham (pronounced Day'vnum) was a township in Davenham ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 6571), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• It includes the hamlet of Mere Heath.
• The population was 327 in 1801, 552 in 1851, 706 in 1901, and 2305 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Gained parst of Eaton (near Davenham) (427 acres, pop. 75 in 1931), Hartford (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), Leftwich (712 acres, pop. 1021 in 1931) and Over (1 acre, pop. 0 in 1931)
• 1955 April 1 — Lost part to Northwich (26 acres, pop. 190 in 1951)
• 1988 April 1 — Gained parts of Rudheath and Whatcroft, and lost parts to Moulton and Northwich

Churches and Chapels

• Davenham: St. Wilfrid (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Davenham.
• Davenham, Trinity Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1819, rebuilt in 1888.
• Davenham, Congregational Chapel later Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Hartford Road. Built in 1852, closed in 1962. Registers of marriages 1924-1957 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

For churches and chapels in the areas added in 1936, see also Leftwich.

Local Government Districts

• Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Northwich Rural District (1894-1974)
• Vale Royal (1974-2009)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Northwich (1885-1974)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Northwich (1828-71)
• Leftwich (1871-99)
• Northwich (1899-1974)
• 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+)

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