Northwich Hundred

Northwich Hundred in Cheshire

The Northwich Hundred is one of the hundreds of Cheshire, located in the south-east of the county. It is named after the town of Northwich which it contains. It is bounded to the south by the Staffordshire hundreds of Pirehill and Totmonslow; to the east by Macclesfield Hundred; to the north by Bucklow Hundred; to the west by Eddisbury Hundred; and to the south-west by Nantwich Hundred. It had a population of 118,791 in 2011.

It comprises the following ancient parishes:

• Astbury (except Somerford Booths)^*
• Church Lawton
• Davenham
• Great Budworth (part)^†
• Middlewich (except Weaver township)^‡
• Sandbach (part)^§
• Swettenham
• Warmingham

^*: In Macclesfield Hundred.
^†: Extends into Bucklow and Eddisbury hundreds.
^‡: In Eddisbury Hundred.
^§: Extends into Nantwich Hundred.