• Acton Grange was a township in Daresbury chapelry of Runcorn Parish, Bucklow Hundred (SJ 5884), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1933 the area north of the Manchester Ship Canal was transferred to Penketh [Lancashire].
• In 1936 the remainder of Acton Grange was added to Walton.
• The population was 139 in 1801, 172 in 1851, and 145 in 1901.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Runcorn, All Saints (C of E). The ancient parish church for Acton Grange.
• Daresbury, All Saints (C of E). An ancient chapelry in Runcorn parish.
• Stockton Heath, St. Thomas (C of E). The parish church for Acton Grange since 1838.
• Walton, St. John the Evangelist (C of E). The parish church for part of Acton Grange since 1879.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Runcorn Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Runcorn Rural District (1894–1936)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• North Cheshire (1832–67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868–85)
• Knutsford (1885–1936)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Runcorn

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Runcorn

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