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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

MATLEY

• Matley was a township in Mottram-in-Longdendale ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9796), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become parts of Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Hyde and Longdendale.
• The population was 285 in 1801, 252 in 1851, and 196 in 1901.

For the period after 1936, see Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Hyde and Longdendale..

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Dukinfield (302 acres, pop. 75 in 1931), Hyde (307 acres, pop. 97 in 1931), Longdendale (38 acres, pop. 29 in 1931) and Stalybridge (58 acres, pop. 147 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Mottram In Longdendale: St. Michael (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Matley.

Local Government Districts

• Ashton-under-Lyne Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Tintwistle Rural District (1894-1936)

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• East Cheshire (1868-85)
• Stalybridge and Hyde (1885-1936)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Stockport (County) (1828-1848)
• Hyde (County) (1848-1899)
• Dukinfield (1899-1936)

Poor Law Unions

• Ashton under Lyne

Registration Districts

• Ashton under Lyne (1837-1936)

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