Henbury, Cheshire
Historical Description
Henbury, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Prestbury parish, Cheshire. The township lies 2 miles W of Macclesfield, includes the hamlet of Pexhall, and bears the name of Henbury-with-Pexhall. Acreage, 1934; population, 375. Henbury Hall is the chief residence. The ecclesiastical parish extends beyond the township, includes part of the borough of Macclesfield, and was constituted in 1845. Post town, Macclesfield. Population, 854. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £175 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was built in 1845, is in the Early English style, and has a lofty spire.
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 Henbury from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Henbury, with Pexall)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Henbury 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.