Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

PRESTBURY

• Prestbury was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9078), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• It includes the hamlets of Bradley Mount and Withinlee (part).
• The population was 466 in 1801, 373 in 1851, 291 in 1901, and 1693 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Butley (1795 acres, pop. 536 in 1931), Fallibroome (227 acres, pop. 72 in 1931) and Upton (near Macclesfield) (8 acres, pop. 8 in 1931)
• 1981 April 1 — Gained part of Mottram St. Andrew

Churches and Chapels

• Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Prestbury.
• Upton Priory: Church of the Resurrection (Church of England). A district church for part of Prestbury from 1975.

Local Government Districts

• Macclesfield Rural 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)
• Knutsford (1885-1948)
• Macclesfield (1948-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Prestbury (1828-1974)
• Macclesfield (1974+)

Poor Law Unions

• Macclesfield

Registration Districts

• Macclesfield (1837-1998)
• Cheshire East (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

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