OVER ALDERLEY
- A township in Alderley Parish, Macclesfield Hundred (SJ 8676).
- Includes the hamlets of Adders Moss, Adshead Green, Broadheath, Finlow Hill, Harebarrow, Harehill, Shaw Cross, Vardentown and Whirley.
- The population was 408 in 1801, 450 in 1851, 358 in 1901 and 282 in 1951.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
- Alderley, St. Mary (C of E). The ancient parish church for Over Alderley.
- Birtles, St. Catherine (C of E). The parish church for Over Alderley since 1890.
- Over Alderley, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built 1863.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS
- Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94); Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1974); Macclesfield (1974-date)
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
- North Cheshire (1832-67); East Cheshire (1868-85); Knutsford (1885-1948); Macclesfield (1948-74)
POOR-LAW UNIONS
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS
- Macclesfield (1837-1998); Cheshire East (1998-date)
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