Gawsworth was a township and parish in Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8869),
which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Danes Moss, Dighills, Gawsmoor Hill, High Lane, Moss
Houses, Shellow, Tidnock, Walkers Heath, Warren, Whitemoor and Woodhouse End.
The population was 697 in 1801, 788 in 1851, 573 in 1901, and 1093 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1936 April 1 — Lost part to
Macclesfield (20 acres, pop. 41 in 1931)
1955 March 8 — Lost part to
Macclesfield (147 acres, pop. 53 in 1951)
Churches and Chapels
Gawsworth: St. James
(Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of
Gawsworth.
Gawsworth, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), The Warren. Built in 1892.
