Editing Alsager (section)

===Administrative history===
Alsager was historically a [[Township (England)|township]] within the [[ancient parish]] of [[Barthomley]], which formed part of the [[Nantwich]] [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Cheshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alsager Township / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10060953#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the [[poor laws]], in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Barthomley, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Alsager became a [[civil parish]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Youngs |first1=Frederic |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England |date=1979 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0901050679 |page=xvi}}</ref> Alsager subsequently also became a separate [[ecclesiastical parish]] from Barthomley in 1898 following the completion of St Mary Magdalene's Church. (The earlier Christ Church at Alsager had been a [[chapel of ease]] to St Bertoline's at Barthomley.)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26988|page=4367|date=19 July 1898}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=St Mary Magdalene, Alsager |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/alsager/StMaryMagdelene |website=GENUKI |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref>

In 1894, Alsager was made a [[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|local government district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1894 |page=295 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Annual_Report/MKAaAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA295&printsec=frontcover |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> Later that year, local government districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alsager Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10067807#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref>

Alsager Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. A [[successor parish]] called Alsager was established covering area of the abolished urban district, with its parish council taking the name Alsager Town Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1110|access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alsager Urban District Council |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c59185dc-22e2-454c-a97b-f9f844814cb7 |website=Discovery |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> District-level functions passed to [[Congleton Borough Council]]. In 2009, Cheshire East Council was created, taking over the functions of the borough council and [[Cheshire County Council]], which were both abolished.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008|year=2008|number=634|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref>