• Lach Dennis was a township in Witton Chapelry of Great Budworth Parish, Northwich Hundred (SJ 7171), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1892 it was extended in 1892 to include the whole of Birches, Hulse, Newhall (nr. Davenham) and Stublach.
• In 1936 part of Leese was added to Lach Dennis.
• The population was 43 in 1801, 28 in 1851, 184 in 1901, and 68 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Great Budworth, St. Mary & All Saints (C of E). The ancient parish church for Lach Dennis.
• Witton, St. Helen (C of E). An ancient chapelry in Great Budworth parish.
• Lostock Gralam, St. John the Evangelist (C of E). The parish church since 1842.
• Lach Dennis, All Saints. Built in 1896 as a chapel to Lostock Gralam. Registers of Baptisms 1896–1968 and Burials 1897–1970 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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