Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Latchford

LATCHFORD

Latchford was a township in Grappenhall ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 6187), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The civil parish was transferred from Cheshire to Lancashire in 1894, and was abolished in 1898 to become part of Warrington (Lancashire).
It includes the hamlet of Wilderspool.
The population was 754 in 1801, 2542 in 1851, and 6528 in 1891.

For the period after 1898, see Warrington (Lancashire).

1884 March 25 — Gained detached parts Nos. 1 and 2 from Thelwall (106 acres, pop. 0 in 1891, including Westy Barn Field and Old Warps), and part of Warrington, Lancashire (pop. 2 in 1891)
1894 — Lost the part outside Warrington County Borough to Latchford Without (pop. 478 in 1901), and transferred from Cheshire to Lancashire.
1896 November 9 — Gained parts of Appleton (pop. 467 in 1901), Latchford Without (pop. 183 in 1901) and Walton Inferior (pop. 0 in 1901)
1898 September 30 — Abolished and incorporated into Warrington (Lancashire) (pop. 7985 in 1901)

Grappenhall: St. Wilfrid (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Latchford.
Latchford: St. James the Great (Church of England). Built in 1777 as a chapel to Grappenhall: St. Wilfrid, becoming the district church for part of Latchford in 1866.
Latchford: Christ Church (Church of England), The district church for the rest of Latchford from 1866.
Latchford: Our Lady of the Assumption (Roman Catholic). Founded in 1869.
Latchford: St. Augustine & The English Martyrs (Roman Catholic). Founded by 1991.
Latchford, Friends' Meeting House (Quaker).
Latchford, Bethel Baptist Church, Ackers Lane. Built in 1852.
Latchford, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Knutsford Road.
Latchford, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Knutsford Road. Built in 1898
Latchford, Presbyterian Church, Wilderspool Causeway.

* The part in Warrington Rural Sanitary District became the civil parish of Latchford Without in 1894.

* The part in Daresbury (1847-94) became the civil parish of Latchford Without in 1894.