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Chorley (near Wilmslow)
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"CHORLEY, a township in the parish of WILMSLOW, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 5¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Macclesfield, containing 478 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Chorley was a township in Wilmslow ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8278), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- In 1894 the town of Alderley Edge and the hamlets of Belmont, Elm Grove and The Ryleys were transferred to the civil parish of Alderley Edge.
- It includes the hamlets of Lindow, Lindow End and Row-of-Trees
- The population was 391 in 1801, 803 in 1851, 305 in 1901, 396 in 1951, and 399 in 2001.
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- Macclesfield (1837-1937)
- Macclesfield (1937-74)
- Macclesfield (1974-98)
- Cheshire East (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
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- 1894 — Lost the part in Chorley Urban Sanitary District to Alderley Edge (pop. 2214 in 1901)
- 1895 September 30 — Lost part to Alderley Edge (pop. 9 in 1901)
- 1936 April 1 — Lost parts to Alderley Edge (2 acres, pop. 25 in 1931) and Wilmslow (3 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)
- 1981 April 4 — Lost part to Nether Alderley, and part to the unparished area of Wilmslow
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ827792 (Lat/Lon: 53.309134, -2.26121), Chorley (near Wilmslow) which are provided by:
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- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94)
- Chorley Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) *
- Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1974)
- Macclesfield (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
* The part in Chorley Urban Sanitary District became the civil parish of Alderley Edge in 1894.