• Byley (or Byley cum Yatehouse) was a township in Middlewich Parish, Northwich Hundred (SJ 7068), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1892 Byley was extended in 1892 to include the whole of Croxton and Ravenscroft civil parishes.
• In 1936 part of Leese was added to Byley.
• Including the hamlets of Drakelow and Yatehouse Green.
• The population was 130 in 1801, 110 in 1851, 199 in 1901, and 217 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Middlewich, St. Michael & All Angels (C of E). The ancient parish church for Byley.
• Byley cum Lees, St. John the Evangelist (C of E). Founded 1848 as the parish church for Byley, Leese, Sproston, Stublach and parts of Cranage and Rudheath. Registers of Baptisms 1848–1906, Marriages 1864–1972 and Burials 1849–1898 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office,

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Northwich Rural District (1894–1974)
• Vale Royal (1974–2009)
• Cheshire West and Chester (2009+)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• South Cheshire (1832–67)
• Mid Cheshire (1868–85)
• Knutsford (1885–1948)
• Northwich (1949–74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Northwich

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Northwich (1837–1974)
• Vale Royal (1974–98)
• Cheshire Central (1998–2009)
• Cheshire West (2009+)

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