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{{Infobox UK place|
|country =                 England
|official_name=           Lower Withington
|map_type=                 Cheshire
|coordinates = {{coord|53.224846|-2.279351|display=inline,title}}
|population =        492<ref name=2001census />
|civil_parish= Lower Withington
|shire_district=          [[Macclesfield (borough)|Macclesfield]]
|region=                  North West England
| shire_county =            [[Cheshire]]
|constituency_westminster=      [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield]]
|post_town=        STOCKPORT
|postcode_district =SK11
|postcode_area=   SK
|dial_code=    01477
|os_grid_reference= SJ814697
}}


'''Lower Withington''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Macclesfield (borough)|Borough of Macclesfield]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]. The population of the entire civil parish was 492 at the time of the 2001 census.<ref name=2001census>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792640&c=Lower+Withington&d=16&e=15&g=428877&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1233499588578&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Ares: Lower Withington CP (Parish)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=2 February 2009}}</ref> The parish contains most of Jodrell Bank Observatory and arboretum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics: Visitor Centre|accessdate=2 February 2009|url=http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/visitorcentre/directions.html|publisher=University of Manchester: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics}}. Additionally, see {{gbmaprim|SJ797709|SJ 797 709}} ([[British national grid reference system]]) on {{citation|title=Sheet 268: Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton (Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach)|series=Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25000 scale)|publisher=Ordnance Survey|location=Southampton, United Kingdom|isbn=0319237451}}</ref>

==History==
Neither Lower Withington nor any related name used in the vicinity (e.g., Old Withington) are mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]]. The earliest reference to Withington is 1185, where the name appeared as ''Widington'' and ''Widenton''.By 1210, the middle ''d'' of these names had changed into a ''th''. Some later variations used the names ''Wytinton'' (1285), ''Wyvinton'' (1337), and ''Wittington'' (1540).<ref>{{Harvtxt|Dodgson|1970|pp=88, 89, 92}}</ref>

==Governance==
Little Warford civil parish was created in 1951 when the civil parish of Marthall cum Warford was abolished and divided into two parts: Little Warford and [[Marthall]] civil parishes. It was in [[Bucklow Rural District]] until 1974, and has been in the [[Macclesfield (borough)|Borough of Macclesfield]] since 1974.<ref name=youngs-p40>Youngs, F. A. (1991). page&nbsp;40.</ref>

Marthall cum Warford had been a [[township (England)|township]] in [[Ancient parishes of Cheshire|Rostherne ancient parish]], and had been created a separate civil parish in 1866. It had been in [[Hundreds of Cheshire|Bucklow Hundred]]. From 1836 to 1895 it had been in [[Altrincham]] [[Poor Law Union]], when it was transferred to Bucklow Poor Law Union until 1930. It was also in Altrincham [[Rural Sanitary District]]. From 1894 to 1895 it had been in [[Altrincham Rural District]], and from 1895 to 1951 it had been part of Bucklow Rural District.<ref name=youngs-p26>Youngs, F. A. (1991). page&nbsp;26.</ref>

Little Warford is in the [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield constituency]] for the UK parliament, although the area had previously been in [[Knutsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Knutsford constituency]] (1885&ndash;1948), the [[Mid Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Cheshire]] (1867&ndash;1885), the [[North Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cheshire]] (1832&ndash;1867), and the [[Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheshire]] (1543&ndash;1832) constituencies.<ref>Youngs, F. A. (1991). pages&nbsp;26,&nbsp;40. Harris, B. E. (Ed.) (1979). pages&nbsp;98&ndash;166.</ref>

==Notes and references==
===Notes===
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===Bibiliography===
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*{{citation|last=Dodgson|first=J. McN.|year=1970|title=The place-names of Cheshire. Part one: Country name, regional and forest names, river names, road names, the place-names of Macclesfield hundred|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0521077036}}
*{{citation|last=Harris|first=B. E. (Ed.)|year=1979|title=The Victoria history of the county of Chester. (Volume II)|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=019722749X}}
*{{citation|last=Youngs |first=F. A. |year=1991 |title=Guide to the local administrative units of England. (Volume 1: Northern England) |location=London |publisher=Royal Historical Society |isbn=0861931270}}
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{{Cheshire, Borough of Macclesfield}}
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[[:Category:Villages in Cheshire]]
[[:Category:Civil Parishes in Macclesfield, Cheshire]]