Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

HURDSFIELD

• Hurdsfield was a township in Prestbury Parish, Macclesfield Hundred (SJ 9374), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1894 the part of Hurdsfield in the borough of Macclesfield was added to Macclesfield civil parish.
• Including 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.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Prestbury, St. Peter (C of E). The ancient parish church for Hurdsfield.
• Macclesfield, St. Michael (C of E). An ancient chapelry in Prestbury parish.
• Hurdsfield, Holy Trinity (C of E). Built in 1839 as the parish church for Hurdsfield. Registers of Baptisms 1839–1927, Marriages 1840–1969 and Burials 1839–1940 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
• 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 Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Macclesfield Urban Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Macclesfield Rural District (1894–1974)
• Macclesfield (1974–2009)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

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

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Macclesfield

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Macclesfield (1837–1998)
• Cheshire East (1998+)

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