Betchton is a
civil parish
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in the
unitary authority
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of
Cheshire East and the
ceremonial
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Church and civil (secular ...
county of
Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 620,
[Official 2001 Census Figures.]
Neighbourhood Statistics Website. Retrieval Date: 23 August 2007. increasing to 677 at the 2011 Census. The parish is immediately to the east of
Sandbach
Sandbach (pronounced ) is the name of a historic market town and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach itself as the largest, Elworth, Ettiley Heath a ...
, and includes
Betchton Heath, Malkin's Bank and
Hassall Green.
The parish elects 10 councillors to the parish council.
Governance
Betchton civil parish was originally part of Sandbach Ancient Parish, and was created a separate parish from it in 1866. It also was part of
Nantwich
Nantwich ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture. ...
Hundred,
Congleton Poor Law Union,
Rural Sanitary District
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*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies
*Rural sanitary dis ...
, and (after 1866) it formed part of
Congleton Rural District
Congleton was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Congleton, Alsager, Middlewich and Sandbach. The headquarters of the borough council were located in Sandbach.
...
[Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 8.] until 1974, when it became part of the Borough of Congleton.
In terms of parliamentary representation, the Betchton area (including the period before the creation of the civil parish) was in the Cheshire, Southern Division constituency from 1832 to 1867; in the Cheshire South Division constituency from 1867 to 1885; in the
Crewe division, from 1885 to 1948; from 1948 it was in
Knutsford
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County Constituency,
but it is currently in
Congleton County Constituency.
Election Maps website.
Source for current Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries. Retrieval Date: 23 August 2007.
Notable people
* Denise Coates
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CBE
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(born 1967) is an English businesswoman, founder and joint chief executive of online gambling company Bet365
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.
See also
*Listed buildings in Betchton
Betchton is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 18 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade II* ...
* Betchton Hall
Notes
Bibliography
*Youngs, F. A. (1991). ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume I: Northern England''. London: Royal Historical Society. .
External links
Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
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