• Agden was a township in the ancient parishes of Bowdon and Rostherne, Bucklow Hundred (SJ 7186), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Including the hamlet of Agden Brow.
• The population was 85 in 1801, 73 in 1851, 115 in 1901, and 79 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Bowdon, St. Mary (C of E) and Rostherne, St. Mary (C of E) were both ancient parish churches serving parts of Agden.
• Bollington, Holy Trinity (C of E). The parish church from 1869.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• North Cheshire (1832–67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868–85)
• Altrincham (1885–1945)
• Bucklow (1945–48)
• Knutsford (1949–74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Altrincham (1837–95)
• Bucklow (1895–1930)

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Altrincham (1837–98)
• Bucklow (1898–1974)
• Macclesfield (1974–98)
• Cheshire East (1998+)

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