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"BECHTON, a township in that part of the parish of SANDBACH which is in the hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (S. E.) from Sandbach, containing 759 inhabitants. The Grand Trunk canal passes close to the salt-works here." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Betchton was a township in Sandbach ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7858), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Boult's Green, Chellshill, Dean Hill, Dubthorne (part), Four Lane Ends (part), Hassall Green, Lawton Heath End, Malkin's Bank (part) and Roughwood.
- The population was 578 in 1801, 822 in 1851, 692 in 1901, 719 in 1951, and 620 in 2001.
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- Congleton (1837-1937)
- Crewe (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire East (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
- Nantwich (1828-39)
- Northwich (1839-99)
- Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
- Sandbach (1907-67)
- South East Cheshire (1967-74)
- Congleton (1974-92)
- South Cheshire (1992+)
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- 1982 April 1 — Lost part to Church Lawton
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ786588 (Lat/Lon: 53.125504, -2.320905), Betchton which are provided by:
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- Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
- Congleton (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)