• Moulton was a township in Davenham Parish, Northwich Hundred (SJ 6569), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The population was 103 in 1801, 328 in 1851, 1004 in 1901, and 1218 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Davenham, St. Wilfrid (C of E). The ancient parish church for Moulton.
• Moulton, St. Stephen the Martyr (C of E). The parish church since 1877. Registers of Baptisms 1878–1973 and Marriages 1878–1983 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials).
• Moulton, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1842, rebuilt in 1875.
• Moulton, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Built in 1833.

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)
• Northwich (1885–1974)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Northwich

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

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

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