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Werneth, Cheshire

Historical Description

Werneth, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Stockport parish, Cheshire. The township stands on the Peak Forest Canal, partly within the borough of Hyde, 4 miles ENE of Stockport. It contains the village of Compstall, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stockport, the village of Gee Cross, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hyde, and the village of Apethorne. Acreage, 1571; population, 2587. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Green Hill and Ape-thorne House are chief residences. Cotton manufacture, calico printing, and hat making are largely carried on. Werneth Low is an eminence commanding very fine views. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1842. Population, 1041. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £150. The church is in Compstall, and was built in 1841. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels and an Athenaeum at Compstall. Gee Cross forms a separate ecclesiastical parish.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCheshire 
Civil parishStockport 
HundredMacclesfield 
Poor Law unionStockport 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Werneth from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.


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.

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