Disley was a township and chapelry in Stockport ancient parish, Macclesfield
hundred (SJ 8990), which became a civil parish in 1866.
In 1894 the Newtown and Furness Vale areas were transferred to the county
of Derbyshire.
In 1936 there were further alterations to the county boundary with Lancashire.
It includes the hamlets of Cockshead, Danebank, Hagg Bank, High Lane (part),
Jackson's Edge, Lane Ends, Lightalders, Newtown (part, mainly in Derbyshire) and
Woodend.
The population was 995 in 1801, 2225 in 1851, 2827 in 1901, and 2865 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1936 April 1 — Gained part of New Mills, Derbyshire (6 acres, pop.
0 in 1931) and part of Yeardsley cum Whaley (96
acres, pop. 0 in 1931)
Disley: St. Mary the Virgin (Church of England). An
ancient chapel to Stockport: St. Mary, which became the district church for
the township of Disley in 1913.
Disley, Baptist Union Chapel, Buxton Road. Built in 1893.
Disley, Methodist Chapel, Burton Road (Wesleyan). Founded in 1805, rebuilt
in 1906. Registers of baptisms 1875-1907 and 1927-1932 are at Manchester Central
Library.
Furness Vale, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). ReBuilt in 1884.
