Plumley (formerly Plumbley) was a township in Lower Peover
chapelry of Great Budworth ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 7275), which became
a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Henshaw Green and Holford.
The population was 303 in 1801, 376 in 1851, 333 in 1901, and 483 in 1951.