Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Sale

SALE

Sale was a township in Ashton upon Mersey ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 8091), which became a civil parish in 1866.
Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Greater Manchester.
It includes the hamlets of Cross Street and Sale Moor.
The population was 819 in 1801, 1720 in 1851, 12088 in 1901, and 43168 in 1951.

1908 September 30 — Lost part to Ashton upon Mersey (pop. 0 in 1911)
1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Ashton upon Mersey (1623 acres, pop. 9704 in 1931) and Timperley (less than 1 acre, pop. 0 in 1931)

Ashton upon Mersey: St. Martin (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Sale.
Sale: St. Anne (Church of England). The district church for Sale from 1856.
Baguley: St. John the Divine (Church of England). A district church for part of Sale from 1868.
Sale: St. Paul (Church of England). The district church for part of Sale from 1884.
Sale: St. Francis (Church of England). A chapel to St. Anne, founded by 1963.
Sale: St. Joseph (Roman Catholic). Founded by 1847.
Sale, Baptist Union Chapel, Raglan Road/Ashton Lane. Built in 1875.
Sale, Methodist Church (Primitive), Northenden Road. Built in 1873.
Sale, Methodist Church (Primitive), Market Street. Registers of marriages 1913-1960 are at Manchester Central Library.
Sale, Methodist Church (Wesleyan), Northenden Road. Built in 1875.
Sale, Methodist Church (Wesleyan), School Road. Built in 1887.
Sale, Presbyterian Church, Northenden Road. Built in 1874.
Sale, Unitarian Chapel, Old Cross Street/Chapel Road.
Sale, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Montague Road. Founded in 1805, Built in 1852.

For churches and chapels in the areas added in 1936, see also Ashton upon Mersey.