Utkinton was a township in Tarporley ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred
(SJ 5565), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Cotebrook (partly in Rushton
until 1936), Fishers Green, High Billinge, Hollins Hill, Heath Green, Quarrybank
and Rowley Bank.
The population was 458 in 1801, 500 in 1851, 463 in 1901, and 507 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Delamere (13
acres, pop. 19 in 1931),
Eaton (near Tarporley) (106 acres, pop. 58 in 1931),
Rushton (54 acres, pop. 84 in 1931) and Tarporley
(3 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), and lost parts to Delamere
(32 acres, pop. 0 in 1931) and Tarporley (63
acres, pop. 9 in 1931)
Churches and Chapels
Tarporley: St. Helen (Church of England). The ancient
parish church for the township of Utkinton.
