SOMERFORD BOOTHS
- Somerford Booths was a township in Astbury ancient parish, Northwich
hundred (SJ 8366), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Newsbank and Wornish Nook.
- The population was 250 in 1801, 274 in 1851, 195 in 1901, and 160 in 1951.
Churches and Chapels
- Astbury: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish
church for the township of Somerfod Booths.
- Hulme Walfield: St. Michael (Church of England).
The district church for Somerford Booths from 1878.
- Somerford Booths, Methodist Chapel (Primitive, later Wesleyan). Built
in 1835.
Local Government Districts
- Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
- Congleton (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
Electoral Districts
- North Cheshire (1832-67)
- East Cheshire (1868-85)
- Knutsford (1885-1974)
Petty Sessional Divisions
- Northwich (1828-1907)
- Congleton (County) (1907-67)
- South East Cheshire (1967-74)
- Congleton (1974-92)
- South Cheshire (1992+)
Poor Law Unions
Registration Districts
- Congleton (1837-1937)
- Macclesfield (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire East (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
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