• Delamere was a township in Delamere Parish, Eddisbury Hundred (SJ 5468)—created in 1812 out of the previously extra-parochial area of Delamere Forest—which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1936 it was extended to include the whole of Eddisbury.
• Including the hamlets of Birch Hill, Boothsdale, Castle Hill, Kelsall Hill (part), Organsdale, Primrose Hill, Roughlow (part), Seven Lows and Willington Corner (part).
• The population was 498 in 1851, 612 in 1901, and 1170 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Delamere, St. Peter (C of E). A parish formed in 1812 from the formerly extra-parochial area of Delamere Forest, and serving the townships of Delamere, Eddisbury, Kingswood and Oakmere. Registers of Baptisms 1817–1975, Marriages 1818–1991 and Burials 1820–1905 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Delamere, Presbyterian Chapel. Built in 1816.
• Delamere, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion).
• Delamere, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan).

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)
• West Cheshire (1868–85)
• Eddisbury (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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