Lymm (pronounced Lim) was a township and parish in Bucklow hundred
(SJ 6887), which became a civil parish in 1866.
In 1933 its northern boundary with Lancashire was adjusted to follow the course
of the Manchester Ship Canal.
It includes the hamlets of Booths, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley,
Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham.
The population was 1622 in 1801, 3156 in 1851, 4707 in 1901, and 6412 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1933 April 1 — Gained part of Rixton with Glazebrook, Lancashire
(73 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), and lost parts to Rixton with Glazebrook,
Lancashire (41 acres, pop. 0 in 1931) and Woolston, Lancashire (167
acres, pop. 4 in 1931), when the northern boundary with Lancashire was
adjusted to follow the course of the Manchester Ship Canal.
Oughtrington: St. Peter (Church of England). Built in 1872 as a chapel to Lymm:
St. Mary the Virgin, becoming a district church for part of Lymm in 1881.
Lymm, St. Wenefride (Roman Catholic), Booth's Hill Road. Built in 1905.
Lymm, Baptist Chapel, Cherry Lane. Built in 1810.
Lymm, Baptist Chapel, Higher Lane. Built in 1850 (with burial ground).
Lymm, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), New Road. Built in 1809, rebuilt
in 1879, closed in 1968. Registers 1809-1837 and 1929-1967 are at the Cheshire
Record Office.
Lymm, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Eagle Brow. Built in 1849, rebuilt
in 1897. Registers of baptisms 1832-1862 are at Manchester Central Library.
Lymm, Methodist Chapel (Free), Cherry Lane. Built in 1849.
Lymm, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Brookfield
Road. Built in 1863.
