• Helsby was a township in Frodsham Parish, Eddisbury Hundred (SJ 4975), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Including the hamlets of Irondish (part) and Teuthill (part).
• The population was 268 in 1801, 692 in 1851, 1572 in 1901, and 2739 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Frodsham, St. Lawrence (C of E). The ancient parish church for Frodsham.
• Helsby, St. Paul (C of E). Built in 1870 as a chapel to Frodsham, becoming the parish church for Helsby in 1875. Registers of Baptisms 1870–1926, Marriages 1876–1954 and Burials 1871–1924 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Helsby, St. Mary Magdalene (Roman Catholic), Upper Rake Lane. Built in 1961.
• Helsby, Methodist (Trinity) Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1853, closed in 1960. Registers of marriages 1931–58 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Helsby, Methodist (Zion/Central) Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1858.
• Helsby, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), The Avenue. Built in 1902, closed in 1965.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Runcorn Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Runcorn 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)
• Runcorn (1949–74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Runcorn

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

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

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