A township in Chadkirk Chapelry of Stockport Parish, Macclesfield Hundred (SJ 9590). In 1936 it was incorporated into the civil parish of Bredbury
& Romiley, which was transferred to the county of Greater Manchester in 1974.
Includes the hamlets of Barlowfold, Chadkirk, Cherry Tree, Greave Fold and Lane Ends.
The population was 825 in 1801, 1364 in 1851 and 2416 in 1901.
Chadkirk, St. Chad (C of E). Founded in 1745 as a chapelry to Stockport, St. Mary, becoming the parish church for Romiley in 1876. Registers of Baptisms 1748-1971,
Marriages 1748-1754 & 1868-1957 and Burials 1755-1950 are at the CRO.
