Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

WHATCROFT

• Whatcroft was a township in Davenham ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 6869), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1988 to become parts of Byley, Davenham, Lach Dennis, Northwich and Rudheath.
• The population of Whatcroft was 85 in 1801, 68 in 1851, 141 in 1901, and 82 in 1951.

For the period after 1988, see Byley, Davenham, Lach Dennis, Northwich and Rudheath.

Boundary Changes

• 1892 March 25 — Gained the whole of Shipbrook (pop. 73 in 1901)
• 1955 April 1 — Lost part to Northwich (46 acres, pop. 0 in 1951)
• 1988 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Byley, Davenham, Lach Dennis, Northwich and Rudheath

Churches and Chapels

• Davenham: St. Wilfrid (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Whatcroft.

Local Government Districts

• Northwich Urban Sanitary District (1875-92).

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
• Northwich (1885-1915) *
• Knutsford (1918-48)
• Northwich (1949-74)

* The area of the former civil parish of Shipbrook, which became part of Whatcroft in 1892, remained in the Knutsford county constituency until 1915.

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Northwich (1828-99)
• Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
• Middlewich (1907-09)
• Northwich (1909-74)
• Vale Royal (1974-88)

Poor Law Unions

• Northwich

Registration Districts

• Northwich (1837-1974)
• Vale Royal (1974-98)
• Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

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