North Rode is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East

Cheshire East

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The borough was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in...

 and the ceremonial county of Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England

England

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. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 178.

North Rode was originally a township in Prestbury ancient parish

Ancient parishes of Cheshire

The Ancient Parishes of Cheshire refers to the group of parishes that existed in Cheshire, roughly within the period of 1200–1800. Initially, the ancient parishes had only an ecclesiastical function, but reforms initiated by King Henry VIII, developed by Queen Elizabeth I and expanded by...

, and it was also part of Macclesfield Hundred

Hundreds of Cheshire

The Hundreds of Cheshire, as with other Hundreds in England were the geographic divisions of Cheshire for administrative, military and judicial purposes. They were introduced in Cheshire some time before the Norman conquest...

. In the nineteenth century, it was also placed in Macclesfield poor law union

Poor Law Union

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 and rural sanitary district

Sanitary district

Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies...

. In 1866, it was placed in Macclesfield rural district, and at the same time it became a separate civil parish. There was a small change to the boundary of the civil parish in 1936.

North Rode became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1846, when it was placed in Macclesfield rural deanery

Deanery

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. In 1873 it was assigned to Macclesfield South rural deanery, and in 1880, it reassinged back into the re-established Macclesfield deanery. It has a picturesque church built 1845-6 dedicated to St Michael.

North Rode's parliamentary representation, after the Great Reform Act of 1832 began with it being in the Cheshire Northern Division parliamentary constituency. In 1867 until 1885, it was placed in the Cheshire North Division parliamentary constituency, and from 1885 until 1948 it was in the Knutsford Division parliamentary consitituency. Since 1948 it has been in Macclesfield County Constituency

Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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The Daintry Hall (village hall) occupied by a children's day nursery.

Until it fell casualty to the "Beeching Axe" a branch of the North Staffordshire railway from Uttoxeter joined the main line here.

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