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Newton (near Middlewich)
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"NEWTON, a township in that part of the parish of MIDDLEWICH which is in the hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, ¼ mile (W.) from Middlewich, containing 1520 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Newton was a township in Middlewich ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 6966), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1894 to become parts of Middlewich and Kinderton.
- It included the hamlets of Newton Bank and Newton Heath, and most of the town of Middlewich.
- The population was 943 in 1801 and 1500 in 1851.
For the period after 1894, see Middlewich and Kinderton.
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- 1892 March 25 — Gained the whole of Sutton (near Middlewich) (pop. 35 in 1901)
- 1894 September 30 — Abolished and divided between Kinderton (pop. 195 in 1901) and Middlewich (pop. 2872 in 1901)
- Middlewich Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) *
- Northwich Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) **
* The part in Middlewich Urban Sanitary District (1875-94) was added to Middlewich civil parish in 1894.
** The part in Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94) became part of the civil parish of Kinderton in 1894.