Kettleshulme, Cheshire
Historical Description
Kettleshulme, a village and a township in Prestbury parish, Cheshire, 7 miles NE of Macclesfield. Acreage, 1232; population, 347. The manor belongs to the Earl of Derby. The candle-wick manufacture is carried on. There is a Wesleyan chapeL It forms part of Saltersford ecclesiastical district. There is a public library and a village ha
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Cheshire | |
| Civil parish | Prestbury | |
| Hundred | Macclesfield | |
| Poor Law union | Macclesfield |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Kettleshulme from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kettleshulme)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Kettleshulme are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.