[5] When Macclesfield Rural District council was established in 1894, Adlington became a civil parish within it.

[5][6] In 1974, local government re-organisation led to it becoming part of the Borough of Macclesfield,[7] which in turn was succeeded by Cheshire East Council in 2009.

[9] Adlington made the news in January 2008, when a delivery vehicle shed 18 tonnes of mango chutney onto the road through the village.

A spokesman for F Swain and Sons, the company which owns the lorry, said: "It was just one of those things.

The parish council sits each month, and at these meetings, the two borough and single county councillor will also often attend.