History of Governance in Malpas

View of from the Goodmoors of St Oswald's Church watching over the village.

1894 to 1936

There has been a Parish Council in Malpas since Parish Councils were formed in 1894.

Prior to that, management of the Town issues were conducted through Vestry Meetings, held in St Oswald's Church. They ruled on a mixture of both Church and community issues.

Malpas was, from 1894 to 1936, a rural district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England.
The district was named after the town of Malpas.
Malpas Rural District Council (RDC) were responsible for building a number of houses in the local area.
Examples can be seen at Sunnyside and on Well Avenue,

Malpas RDC

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 by the division of the existing Whitchurch Rural Sanitary District

The Cheshire parishes in the sanitary district became Malpas Rural District, while the remaining area in Shropshire became Whitchurch Rural District.

It consisted of the following civil parishes:
Agden

Bickley
Bradley
Chidlow
Chorlton
Cuddington
Duckington
Edge
Hampton
Larkton
Macefen
Malpas
Marbury cum Quoisley
Newton by Malpas
Norbury
Oldcastle
Overton
Stockton
Threapwood
Tushingham cum Grindley
Wigland
Wirswall
Wychough

Abolition
The district was abolished in 1936 under a county review order.

Its area was divided between two neighbouring rural districts.
The greater part passed to Tarvin Rural District and the remainder (Marbury cum Quoisley, Norbury and Wirswall parishes) going to Nantwich Rural District.

1936 to 1974 – Tarvin RDC

In 1936 the boundaries of the rural districts were substantially altered under a Cheshire County review order.
Tarvin RDC lost large parts to Chester RDC, but also absorbed most of the disbanded Malpas Rural District.

The following parishes which made up the Malpas Rural District were moved under the management of Tarvin RDC.

• Agden
• Bickley
• Bradley
• Chidlow
• Chorlton
• Cuddington
• Duckington
• Edge
• Hampton
• Larkton
• Macefen
• Malpas
• Newton by Malpas
• Oldcastle
• Overton
• Stockton
• Threapwood
• Tushingham cum Grindley
• Wigland
• Wychough

This constituted some 16,712 acres (67.63 km2) in all.

1974 – 2009 – Chester City Council

In 1974 Tarvin RDC was merged in with Chester District Council which soon afterwards changed its name to Chester City Council

2009 – Present – Cheshire West and Chester

Chester City Council was merged with Vale Royal and Ellesmere Port & Neston Councils to form Cheshire West & Chester Council.
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2015

Following a governance review, the old parishes of, Newton by Malpas, Oldcastle, Overton, Stockton, Wychough and parts of Bradley and No Mans Heath were merged into the Malpas Parish.