Northwich Rural District (Map) was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 surrounding, but not including the towns of Northwich

Northwich

Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane...

 and Winsford

Winsford

Winsford is a town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich, and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the...

 in 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...

. It was created in 1894 from the Runcorn Rural Sanitary District.

In 1936, several changes were made to the boundaries of the rural district; the most significant was enlargement due to the abolition of Tarporley Urban District. Before the 1936 changes, the district also surrounded the town of Middlewich

Middlewich

Middlewich is a market town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is east of the city of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach....

. In 1974, the district was abolished and the area along with Northwich Urban District, Winsford Urban District and parts of Runcorn Rural District became the district (later Borough) of Vale Royal

Vale Royal

Vale Royal was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It contained the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham.-Creation:...

.

The council was based in Hartford

Hartford, Cheshire

Hartford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies at the intersection of the A559 road and the West Coast Mainline and is less than south west of the town of Northwich...

(west of Northwich) which became the headquarters of Vale Royal District Council. It has now been sold and a housing estate built in the grounds.

Parishes

The district included the parishes of:

• Acton (renamed Acton Bridge in 1967)
• Allostock
• Anderton
• Barnton]
• Bostock
• Byley
• Clive (abolished to enlarge Stanthorne and Winsford Urban District in 1936)
• Cogshall (abolished to enlarge Comberbach in 1936)
• Comerbach
• Crowton
• Croxton (abolished to enlarge Byley in 1936)
• Cuddington
• Darnhall
• Davenham
• Delamere
• Eaton (abolished to enlarge Davenham 1936)
• Eddisbury (abolished to enlarge Delamere in 1936)
• Hartford
• Kinderton (abolished to enlarge Bradwell, Byley, Sproston, Stanthorne, Tetton, Wimboldsley and Middlewich Urban District in 1936)
• Lach Dennis
• Leftwich (abolished to enlarge Davenham, Hartford and Northwich Urban District in 1936)
• Little Budworth
• Little Leigh
• Lostock Gralam
• Marbury
• Marston
• Marton
• Moulton
• Nether Peover
• Oakmere
• Rudheath
• Rushton (part of Tarporley Rural District until 1936)
• Sproston
• Stanthorne (abolished and transferred to Winsford Urban District in 1936)
• Tarporley (part of Tarporley Urban District until 1936)
• Utkinton (part of Tarporley Urban District until 1936)
• Weaverham Cum Milton
• Whatcroft
• Wimboldsley
• Wincham
• Winnington (abolished to enlarge Hartford, Weaverham cum Milton and Northwich Urban District in 1936)