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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

WOODFORD

• Woodford was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8982), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1939 to become part of Hazel Grove & Bramhall.
• Included the hamlet of Moor End.
• The population was 430 in 1851, and 304 in 1901.

For the period after 1939, see Hazel Grove & Bramhall.

Boundary Changes

• 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Mottram St. Andrew (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1931)
• 1939 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Hazel Grove & Bramhall (1462 acres, pop. 801 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Woodford.
• Woodford: Christ Church (Church of England). Founded in 1842 as a chapel to Prestbury: St. Peter, becoming the district church for Woodford in 1873.

Local Government Districts

• Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1939)

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• East Cheshire (1868-85)
• Knutsford (1885-1939)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Prestbury (1828-1939)

Poor Law Unions

• Macclesfield

Registration Districts

• Macclesfield (1837-1939)

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