Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Alderley Edge

ALDERLEY EDGE

Alderley Edge is a civil parish (SJ 8478) created in 1894 from the urban part of Chorley (near Wilmslow).
It includes the hamlets of Belmont, Elm Grove and The Ryleys.
The population of Alderley Edge was 2223 in 1901, and 3689 in 1951.

For the period before 1894, see Chorley (near Wilmslow).

1894 —Created from the part of Chorley (near Wilmslow) in Chorley Urban Sanitary District (pop. 2214 in 1901)
1895 September 30 — Gained part of Chorley (near Wilmslow) (pop. 9 in 1901)
1910 October 1 — Gained part of Nether Alderley (pop. 81 in 1911)
1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Bollinfee (112 acres, pop. 746 in 1931), Chorley (near Wilmslow) (2 acres, pop. 25 in 1931), and Wilmslow (119 acres, pop. 109 in 1931)
1954 April 1 — Gained part of Wilmslow (3 acres, pop. 20 in 1951)
1981 April 4 — Gained part of the unparished area of Wilmslow

Chorley, St. Philip (Church of England). A district church for part of Alderley Edge from 1894.
Lindow: St. John the Evangelist (Church of England). A district church for part of Aldelrey Edge from 1894.
Alderley Edge: St. Pius X (Roman Catholic). Built in 1946.
Alderley Edge, Baptist Chapel. Brook Lane. Founded in 1890.
Alderley Edge, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1863. Registers of baptisms 1863-1979 are at the Cheshire Record Office.

See also Chorley.

Macclesfield (wholly, 1894-1936 ; partly 1936-37) *
Bucklow (partly, 1936-37 ; wholly, 1937-74) *
Macclesfield (1974-98)
Cheshire East (1998-2007)
Cheshire (2007-09)
Cheshire East (2009+)

* The area of the former civil parish of Bollinfee, which became part of Alderley Edge in 1936, remained in Bucklow registration district until 1937.