• Rushton was a township in Tarporley Parish, Eddisbury Hundred (SJ 5763), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1936 Rushton was extended to include most of Eaton (near Tarporley), and part of Cotebrook was transferred from Rushton to Utkinton civil parish.
• Including the hamlets of Arderne, Brown Hills, Cotebrook (part), Ox Heys and Towns Green.
• The population was 274 in 1801, 349 in 1851, 333 in 1901, and 415 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Tarporley, St. Helen (C of E). The ancient parish church for Rushton.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Tarporley Urban Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Tarporley Urban District (1894–1936)
• Northwich Rural District (1936–74)
• Vale Royal (1998+)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• South Cheshire (1832–67)
• West Cheshire (1868–85)
• Eddisbury (1885–1948)
• Northwich (1949–74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Nantwich (1837–92)
• Tarvin (1892–1930)

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Nantwich (1837–92)
• Chester (1892–1937)
• Northwich (1937–74)
• Vale Royal (1974–98)
• Cheshire Central (1998–2009)
• Cheshire West (2009+)

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