Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Buglawton

BUGLAWTON

Buglawton was a township in Astbury ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 8663), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become parts of Congleton, Eaton (near Congleton) and North Rode.
It included the hamlets of Dane-in-Shaw, Havannah, Key Green, and Timbersbrook.
The population was 517 in 1801, 2052 in 1851, and 1452 in 1901.

For the period after 1936, see Congleton and Eaton (near Congleton).

1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Congleton (2865 acres, pop. 1617 in 1931), Eaton (near Congleton) (32 acres, pop. 34 in 1931) and North Rode (14 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)

Astbury: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Buglawton.
Buglawton: St. John the Evangelist(Church of England). Bult in 1840 as a chapel to Astbury: St. Mary. The district church for Buglawton from 1841.
Buglawton, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Mill Street. Built in 1823.
Key Green, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1821, rebuilt in 1845.
Buglawton, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Dane-in-Shaw. Built in 1824, rebuilt in 1898, closed in 1973. Registers of marriages 1911-56 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Timbersbrook, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1883, closed in 1969.