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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

HURDSFIELD

• Hurdsfield was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9374), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was renamed Higher Hurdsfield in 1975.
• It includes the hamlets of Cliff Hill, Commonside, Higherfence (part), Higher Hurdsfield and Swanscoe.
• The population was 582 in 1801, 4016 in 1851, 458 in 1901, and 418 in 1951.

For the period after 1975, see Higher Hurdsfield.

Boundary Changes

• 1894 September 30 — Lost the part in Macclesfield Municipal Borough to Macclesfield (pop. 3114 in 1901)
• 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Macclesfield (93 acres, pop. 13 in 1931)
• 1975 — Renamed Higher Hurdsfield

Churches and Chapels

• Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Hurdsfield.
• Macclesfield: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). The district church for Hurdsfield from 1835.
• Hurdsfield: Holy Trinity (Church of England). The district district church for Hurdsfield from 1839.
• Hurdsfield, Methodist (Fence School) Chapel, Waterloo Street (New Connexion). Built in 1841. Registers of baptisms 1878-1965 and marriages 1960-65 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Hurdsfield, Methodist (Ebenezer) Chapel (Wesleyan), Rainow Road. Built in 1865.

Local Government Districts

• Macclesfield Municipal Borough (partly, 1835-94) *
• Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94)
• Macclesfield Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) *
• Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1974)
• Macclesfield (1974-75)

* The part in Macclesfield Municipal Borough (1835-94) and Macclesfield Urban Sanitary District (1875-94) was added to Macclesfield civil parish in 1894.

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• East Cheshire (1868-85)
• Macclesfield (1885-1974)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Prestbury (wholly, 1828-35 and 1894-1974 ; parly 1835-94) *
• Macclesfield (Borough) (1835-94) *
• Macclesfield (1974-75)

* The part in Macclesfield (Borough) (1835-94) was added to Macclesfield civil parish in 1894.

Poor Law Unions

• Macclesfield

Registration Districts

• Macclesfield (1837-1975)

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