Kenyon was a
township within the historic borders of
Lancashire in
Winwick ecclesiastical parish and part of Lowton until the reign of
Henry III. It became part of
Leigh Poor Law Union. In 1866 Kenyon became a separate civil parish, on 1 October 1933 the civil parish was abolished and became part of
Golborne parish and
Urban District. Golborne Urban District was dissolved in 1974 and its area divided, the
Culcheth and Newchurch wards (south of the old
Kenyon Junction station and Kenyon Hall) became part of Warrington District in Cheshire, the rest became part of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in
Greater Manchester. ==Geography==