Rushton was a township in Tarporley ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred
(SJ 5763), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Arderne, Brown Hills, Cotebrook (part), Ox Heys and
Towns Green.
The population was 274 in 1801, 349 in 1851, 333 in 1901, and 415 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Eaton
(near Tarporley) (1202 acres, pop. 277 in 1931) and Little Budworth
(28 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), and lost part to
Utkinton (54 acres, pop. 84 in 1931)
Churches and Chapels
Tarporley: St. Helen (Church of England). The ancient
parish church for the township of Rushton.
