Civil parishes in Cheshire

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A map of Cheshire, showing the Boroughs : (1) Cheshire West and Chester; (2) Cheshire East; (3) Warrington; and (4) Halton.

A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 333 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, most of the county being parished. Cheshire East unitary authority is entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 565,259 people living in 332 parishes, accounting for 57.5 per cent of the county's population.

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History

Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers. [1]

The Highways Act 1555 made parishes responsible for the upkeep of roads. Every adult inhabitant of the parish was obliged to work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses; the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways. [2]

The poor were looked after by the monasteries, until their dissolution. In 1572, magistrates were given power to 'survey the poor' and impose taxes for their relief. This system was made more formal by the Poor Law Act 1601, which made parishes responsible for administering the Poor Law; overseers were appointed to charge a rate to support the poor of the parish. [3] The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions. [4] The Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for Rural Districts. [5]

Parishes were run by vestries, meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes, [6] although some townships in large parishes administered the Poor Law themselves; under the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882, all extra-parochial areas and townships that levied a separate rate became independent civil parishes. [7]

Civil parishes in their modern sense date from the Local Government Act 1894, which abolished vestries; established elected parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors; grouped rural parishes into Rural Districts; and aligned parish boundaries with county and borough boundaries. [7] Urban civil parishes continued to exist, and were generally coterminous with the Urban District, Municipal Borough or County Borough in which they were situated; many large towns contained a number of parishes, and these were usually merged into one. Parish councils were not formed in urban areas, and the only function of the parish was to elect guardians to Poor Law Unions; with the abolition of the Poor Law system in 1930 the parishes had only a nominal existence. [8]

The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas. [9]

The current position

Recent governments have encouraged the formation of town and parish councils in unparished areas, and the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 gave local residents the right to demand the creation of a new civil parish. [10]

A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution; [9] and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown. [9] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. [9] The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 introduced alternative names: a parish council can now choose to be called a community; village; or neighbourhood council. [11]

List of civil parishes and unparished areas

ImageNameStatusPopulationDistrictFormer local authority [12] Refs
Courtyard from the south-west.jpg Adlington Civil parish1,081 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Chorley Old Hall.jpg Alderley Edge Civil parish4,409 Cheshire East Alderley Edge
Urban District
[15]
[14]
Alpraham - Farm Cottages, Alpraham Green.jpg Alpraham and Calveley Civil parish642 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17] [18]
Bank Corner - geograph.org.uk - 275371.jpg Alsager Town12,578 Cheshire East Alsager
Urban District
[19]
[20]
Arclid - Springbank Farm.jpg Arclid Civil parish199 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Ashley - Castle Mill Lane.jpg Ashley Civil parish261 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Arley Hall Heraceous Border 2.jpg Aston by Budworth Civil parish281 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Aston juxta Mondrum - Minshull Lock.jpg Aston juxta Mondrum Civil parish133 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Audlem - Canalside Crane.jpg Audlem Civil parish1,790 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Austerson - Austerson Farm.jpg Austerson Civil parish145 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Baddiley - Saint Michael's Church.jpg Baddiley Civil parish226 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Baddington - The Grange.jpg Baddington Civil parish98 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Barthomley - Mill Farm.jpg Barthomley Civil parish202 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Betchton - Bridge 148.jpg Betchton Civil parish620 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Bexton - Farmland.jpg Bexton Civil parish9 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Bickerton - Bickerton Hill Woodland.jpg Bickerton Civil parish234 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Bollington - Adelphi Mill.jpg Bollington Town7,095 Cheshire East Bollington
Urban District
[23]
[14]
Bosley - Methodist Chapel.jpg Bosley Civil parish406 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Bradwall - Pasture.jpg Bradwall Civil parish166 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Brereton - Brereton Hall.jpg Brereton Civil parish1,012 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Brindley - Brindley Lea Hall.jpg Brindley Civil parish134 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Broomhall - Trees at the Road Junction.jpg Broomhall Civil parish206 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Buerton - Grass Cutting.jpg Buerton Civil parish492 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Bulkeley - Brassey Tribute Stones.jpg Bulkeley and Ridley Civil parish360 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17] [24]
Bunbury - Dysart Arms.jpg Bunbury Civil parish1,308 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Burland - Swanley Number 2 Lock.jpg Burland and Acton Civil parish Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17] [25]
Steam Fair at Astle Park Chelford - geograph.org.uk - 82670.jpg Chelford Civil parish1,254 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Cholmondeley - Cholmondeley Castle.jpg Cholmondeley Civil parish136 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Cholmondeston - The Limes.jpg Cholmondeston Civil parish153 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Chorley, Cholmondeley - Chorley Stock.jpg Chorley Civil parish100 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Chorley, Alderley - Oswald Cottage.jpg Chorley Civil parish399 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Church Lawton - Red Bull Wharf.jpg Church Lawton Civil parish2,201 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Church Minshull - Lea Green Villa Farm.jpg Church Minshull Civil parish431 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Congleton - Bosley Cloud.jpg Congleton Town25,750 Cheshire East Congleton
Municipal Borough
[26]
[20]
Coole Pilate - South Cheshire Way.jpg Coole Pilate Civil parish60 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Cranage - Goostrey Farm.jpg Cranage Civil parish1,130 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Crewe - Municipal Buildings and The Crown.jpg Crewe Town48,592 Cheshire East Crewe
Municipal Borough
[27]
[28]
[29]
Disley - The Crescent.jpg Disley Civil parish4,301 Cheshire East Disley
Rural District
[30]
[14]
Dodcott cum Wilkesley - Combermere Abbey Clocktower.jpg Dodcott cum Wilkesley Civil parish380 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Doddington31.jpg Doddington and District Civil parish Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Eaton - Horse.jpg Eaton Civil parish289 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Egerton - House.jpg Egerton Civil parish81 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Faddiley - Old Cart House.jpg Faddiley Civil parish163 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Gawsworth - Parish Church.jpg Gawsworth Civil parish1,673 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Goostrey - Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope.jpg Goostrey Civil parish2,201 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Great Warford - Warford House Lodge.jpg Great Warford Civil parish615 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Handforth Hall, Handforth, Cheshire.JPG Handforth Civil parish6,266 Cheshire East Wilmslow Urban District [31]
[32]
Hankelow - Manor Farm.jpg Hankelow Civil parish272 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Haslington - Clayhanger Hall Farm.jpg Haslington Civil parish6,781 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Hassall - School Farm.jpg Hassall Civil parish281 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Hatherton - Birchenhill Wood.jpg Hatherton Civil parish344 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Haughton - Mere.jpg Haughton Civil parish223 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Henbury - Pexhill Road.jpg Henbury Civil parish594 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
High Legh - Wheelwright's Cottage.jpg High Legh Civil parish1,632 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Higher Hurdsfield - Setting Sun.jpg Higher Hurdsfield Civil parish688 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Holmes Chapel - Church Houses.jpg Holmes Chapel Civil parish5,669 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Hough Common.jpg Hough and Chorlton Civil parish Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Hulme Walfield - Westlow Mere.jpg Hulme Walfield Civil parish140 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Kettleshulme in 2005.jpg Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley Civil parish466 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Knutsford - Town Hall.jpg Knutsford Town12,656 Cheshire East Knutsford
Urban District
[33]
[14]
Leighton - Leighton Hospital Reception.jpg Leighton Civil parish4,863 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Little Bollington - Swan With Two Nicks.jpg Little Bollington with Agden Civil parish Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Little Warford - Footpath to Warford Hall.jpg Little Warford Civil parish275 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Lower Withington - Rose Day Procession.jpg Lower Withington Civil parish492 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Macclesfield - Parish Church.jpg Macclesfield Town49,531 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Municipal Borough
[34]
[35]
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough - Macclesfield Forest.jpg Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough Civil parish201 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Marbury cum Quoisley - Marbury Big Mere.jpg Marbury and District Civil parish510 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Marthall - Parish Church of All Saints.jpg Marthall Civil parish165 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Marton Church Cheshire.jpg Marton Civil parish222 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Mere - Nursery.jpg Mere Civil parish601 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Middlewich - Canal Wharf.jpg Middlewich Town13,101 Cheshire East Middlewich
Urban District
[36]
[20]
Millington - Moss House Farm.jpg Millington and Rostherne Civil parish439 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Minshull Chapel, Minshull Vernon2.jpg Minshull Vernon Civil parish224 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Mobberley - Mobberley Old Hall.jpg Mobberley Civil parish2,546 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Moreton cum Alcumlow - Gravel Pit Bridge.jpg Moreton cum Alcumlow Civil parish150 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Moston - Withinstreet.jpg Moston Civil parish375 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Mottram Saint Andrew - Junction.jpg Mottram St Andrew Civil parish629 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Churches Mansion left.jpg Nantwich Town12,515 Cheshire East Nantwich
Urban District
[37]
[17]
Nether Alderley - Mill.jpg Nether Alderley Civil parish571 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Newbold Astbury - Astbury Church.jpg Newbold Astbury Civil parish475 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Aston House Farm.jpg Newhall Civil parish669 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
North Rode - Shellow Lane.jpg North Rode Civil parish178 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Congleton moreton hall 001.jpg Odd Rode Civil parish5,552 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
The Dun Cow, Ollerton, Cheshire.jpg Ollerton Civil parish323 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Over Alderley - Beech Woods.jpg Over Alderley Civil parish335 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Peckforton Castle from Stanner Nab.jpg Peckforton Civil parish116 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Peover Inferior - The Smithy.jpg Peover Inferior Civil parish102 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Peover Hall.jpg Peover Superior and Snelson Civil parish815 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
Macclesfield
Rural District
[22]
[14] [13]
[14]
Pickmere - Pond.jpg Pickmere Civil parish541 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Plumley - Plumley Station.jpg Plumley Civil parish649 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Poole Chapel, Cheshire.jpg Poole Civil parish101 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Pott Shrigley - North Cheshire Way.jpg Pott Shrigley Civil parish220 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Poynton with Worth - Bulkeley Road.jpg Poynton-with-Worth Town14,433 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
St.Peter's Church.gif Prestbury Civil parish3,324 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Rainow - Church.jpg Rainow Civil parish1,282 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Rope - Bankfield Avenue.jpg Rope Civil parish2,155 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Sandbach - Market Crosses.jpg Sandbach Town17,630 Cheshire East Sandbach
Urban District
[38]
[20]
Shavington cum Gresty - Cheshire Cheese, Gresty.jpg Shavington cum Gresty Civil parish4,849 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Siddington - Redes Mere Sailing Race.jpg Siddington Civil parish376 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Smallwood - Dayhouse Green Farm.jpg Smallwood Civil parish491 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
All Saints Chapel, Somerford.jpg Somerford Civil parish343 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Somerford Booths - Water Mill.jpg Somerford Booths Civil parish175 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
Sound - Mere.jpg Sound Civil parish233 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Spurstow - Spurstow School.jpg Spurstow Civil parish394 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Stapeley Water Gardens.jpg Stapeley and District Civil parish1,084 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Stoke farmland (Cheshire).jpg Stoke and Hurleston Civil parish357 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Norcliffe Chapel, Styal Village - geograph.org.uk - 394152.jpg Styal Civil parish1,051 Cheshire East Wilmslow Urban District [31]
[39]
Sutton - Tegg's Nose.jpg Sutton Civil parish2,464 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Swettenham - Fungi.jpg Swettenham Civil parish248 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
St Peter's Church, Tabley.jpg Tabley Inferior Civil parish137 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Tabley Superior - Gauntlet Birds of Prey Centre.jpg Tabley Superior Civil parish316 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Toft - Church of Saint John the Evangelist.jpg Toft Civil parish81 Cheshire East Bucklow
Rural District
[22]
[14]
Twemlow - Twemlow Viaduct.jpg Twemlow Civil parish168 Cheshire East Congleton
Rural District
[21]
[20]
The Boar's Head, Walgherton.jpg Walgherton Civil parish121 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Wardle - Goodwin Bridge.jpg Wardle Civil parish181 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Warmingham -Brine Pump.jpg Warmingham Civil parish175 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Weston - Englesea-brook Methodist Chapel.jpg Weston and Crewe Green Civil parish Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Wettenhall - Little Man.jpg Wettenhall Civil parish135 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Willaston - Worm Charming.jpg Willaston Civil parish2,973 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Wilmslow - Quarry Bank Mill, Styal.jpg Wilmslow Town30,326 Cheshire East Wilmslow Urban District [31]
[40]
Wincle - Primary School.jpg Wincle Civil parish164 Cheshire East Macclesfield
Rural District
[13]
[14]
Wistaston - Westfield Infant School.jpg Wistaston Civil parish8,222 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Woolstanwood - Wood Farm.jpg Woolstanwood Civil parish723 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Reaseheath Hall, nr Nantwich.jpg Worleston Civil parish404 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Wrenbury cum Frith - Wrenbury School.jpg Wrenbury cum Frith Civil parish1,060 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Wybunbury - Swan Inn.jpg Wybunbury Civil parish1,474 Cheshire East Nantwich
Rural District
[16]
[17]
Daresbury window 1.jpg Daresbury Civil parish216 Halton Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[42]
14 Church End, Hale.jpg Hale Civil parish1,898 Halton Whiston
Rural District
[43]
[42]
Halebank - Ramsbrook Farm.jpg Halebank Civil parish1,046 Halton Widnes
Municipal Borough
[44]
[45]
[46]
Moore 256 Runcorn Road.jpg Moore Civil parish807 Halton Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[42]
Preston Brook - Preston Brook Tunnel.jpg Preston Brook Civil parish716 Halton Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[42]
Runcorn - Jubilee Bridge at Night.jpg Runcorn Unparished area58,503 Halton Runcorn
Urban District
[47]
[48]
Sandymoor - Keckwick Viaduct.jpg Sandymoor Civil parish1,761 Halton Runcorn
Urban District
[47]
[49]
[46]
Widnes transporter bridge power house 1.jpg Widnes Unparished area53,261 Halton Widnes
Municipal Borough
[44]
[50]
Appleton - Appleton Cross.jpg Appleton Civil parish10,477 Warrington Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[51]
Birchwood - Connections.jpg Birchwood Town11,395 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Bewsey Old Hall.jpg Burtonwood and Westbrook Civil parish11,265 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Croft - Saint Lewis' Catholic Church.jpg Croft Civil parish2,920 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
View of Fiddlers Ferry power station from the Trans Pennine way - geograph.org.uk - 205371.jpg Cuerdley Civil parish105 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Culcheth and Glazebury - Sundial, Culcheth.jpg Culcheth and Glazebury Civil parish8,534 Warrington Golborne
Urban District
[53]
[51]
Grappenhall and Thelwall - Grappenhall Street Scene.jpg Grappenhall and Thelwall Civil parish9,377 Warrington Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[51]
Saint Mary's Sankey.jpg Great Sankey Civil parish24,211 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Hatton - The Hatton Arms.jpg Hatton Civil parish316 Warrington Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[51]
Lymm - Bridgewater Canal Moorings.jpg Lymm Civil parish10,552 Warrington Lymm
Urban District
[54]
[51]
Penketh - The Ferry Tavern.jpg Penketh Civil parish8,699 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Poulton with Fearnhead - Christchurch.jpg Poulton-with-Fearnhead Civil parish17,019 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Rixton with Glazebrook - Rixton Clay Pits.jpg Rixton-with-Glazebrook Civil parish1,884 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Stockton Heath - Village Centre.jpg Stockton Heath Civil parish6,396 Warrington Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[51]
Stretton - Fungi.jpg Stretton Civil parish1,009 Warrington Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[51]
Walton - Walton Lea Crematorium.jpg Walton Civil parish1,594 Warrington Runcorn
Rural District
[41]
[51]
Warrington town hall.jpg Warrington Unparished area53,093 Warrington Warrington
County Borough
[55]
[56]
Winwick - Oilseed Rape Field.jpg Winwick Civil parish4,366 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]
Woolston - River Mersey.jpg Woolston Civil parish7,868 Warrington Warrington
Rural District
[52]
[51]

Cheshire West and Chester

The former Chester County Borough and parts of the former Ellesmere Port Municipal Borough and Neston Urban District are unparished.

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There are 10 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, most of the county being unparished; North Tyneside and South Tyneside are completely unparished. It is the county of England with the lowest number of civil parishes. At the 2001 census, there were 41,044 people living in the 10 parishes, accounting for 3.8 per cent of the county's population. A civil parish is the lowest unit of local government in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Civil parishes in the West Midlands (county)</span> Subnational entity

A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 21 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of West Midlands, most of the county being unparished; Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton are completely unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 89,621 people living in the parishes, accounting for 3.5 per cent of the county's population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Civil parishes in Merseyside</span>

A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 22 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Merseyside, most of the county being unparished; Liverpool and Wirral are completely unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 177,663 people living in the parishes, accounting for 13.0 per cent of the county's population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheshire County Council</span> Former local authority in England

Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wheelock, Cheshire</span> Human settlement in England

Wheelock is a large village in the civil parish of Sandbach which is in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is south of Sandbach on the road to Crewe. It was named after the River Wheelock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buglawton</span> Human settlement in England

Buglawton is a suburb of Congleton, in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire. It was a parish and an urban district from 1894 until 1936.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheshire East</span> Borough in England

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilmslow, Nantwich, Poynton, Knutsford, Alsager, Bollington and Handforth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lea, Cheshire</span> Human settlement in England

Lea is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Doddington and District, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies to the north east of Audlem and to the south of Crewe. The parish was predominantly rural, but it includes the hamlet of Lea Forge. Nearby villages include Betley, Blakenhall, Hough, Walgherton and Wybunbury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borough of Warrington</span> Unitary authority area in Cheshire, England

The Borough of Warrington is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The borough is centred around the town of Warrington, and extends out into outlying villages of Lymm and Great Sankey and the town of Birchwood.

The ceremonial county of Cheshire, which comprises the unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington, has returned 11 MPs to the UK Parliament since 1997.

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