Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Wharton

WHARTON

Wharton was a township in Davenham ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 6666), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become parts of Winsford and Bostock.
It includes the hamlets of Donefields, Gravel Hill, Rilshaw and Winsford.
The population was 753 in 1801, 1775 in 1851, and 3319 in 1901.

For the period after 1936, see Winsford and Bostock.

1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Bostock (16 acres, pop. 20 in 1931) and Winsford (1236 acres, pop. 3672 in 1931)

Davenham: St. Wilfrid (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Wharton.
Wharton: Christ Church (Church of England). Founded in 1843 as a chapel to Davenham: St. Wilfrid, becoming the district church for Wharton in 1860.
Wharton, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1822 on Chapel Road, rebuilt in 1885 on Winsford Hill, closed in 1972. Registers 1838-1972 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Wharton, Trinity Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1835 on Crook Lane, rebuilt in 1865 on Gravel Lane and 1893 on Station Road. Registers 1901-1919 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Wharton, Methodist Chapel (Free). Built in 1860 on Station Road, rebuilt in 1926 on Crook Lane, closed in 1972. Registers 1904-1972 are at the Cheshire Record Office.