Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Winnington

WINNINGTON

Winnington was a township in Witton chapelry of Great Budworth ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred (SJ 6474), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become parts of Northwich, Hartford and Weaverham.
The population was 196 in 1801, 405 in 1851, and 2994 in 1901.

For the period after 1936, see Northwich and Hartford.

1892 March 25 — Gained the whole of Wallerscoat (pop. 17 in 1901)
1894 September 29 — Lost part to Northwich (pop. 1390 in 1901)
1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Hartford (2 acres, pop. 4 in 1931), Northwich (561 acres, pop. 1264 in 1931) and Weaverham (16 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)

Great Budworth: St. Mary & All Saints (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Winnington.
Witton: St. Helen (Church of England). An ancient chapelry in Great Budworth parish, and the district church for part of Winnington from 1900.
Hartford: St. John the Baptist (Church of England). The district church for a small part of Winnington from 1863.
Northwich: St. Luke (Church of England). Founded in 1884 as a chapel to Witton: St. Helen, becoming the district church for most of Winnington in 1931.
Weaverham: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Wallerscoat, which became part of Winnington in 1892.

* The part in Northwich Urban Sanitary District (1875-94) was added to the civil parish of Northwich in 1894.