• Christleton was a township in Christleton Parish, Broxton Hundred (SJ 4466), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Including the hamlets of Birch Heath, Brown Heath (part), Little Heath, Rowton Bridge and Stamford Heath.
• The population was 651 in 1801, 719 in 1851, 859 in 1901, and 1311 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Christleton, St. James the Apostle (C of E). An ancient parish, originally serving the townships of Christleton, Cotton Abbotts, Cotton Edmunds, Littleton and Rowton. Registers of Baptisms 1697–1954, Marriages 1697–1970 and Burials 1697–1969 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Christleton, Methodist Chapel. rebuilt in 1888.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

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

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• South Cheshire (1832–67)
• West Cheshire (1868–85)
• Eddisbury (1885–1915)
• Chester (1918–74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Great Boughton (1837–71)
• Chester (1871–1930)

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Great Boughton (1837–69)
• Chester (1870–1937)
• West Cheshire (1937–74)
• Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974–98)
• Cheshire West (1998+)

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