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Lyme Handley, Cheshire

Historical Description

Lyme Handley, a village and a township in Prestbury parish, Cheshire, near the Peak Forest Canal, 1 mile SW of Disley station on the Manchester and Buxton section of the L. & N.W.R., and 7 miles NNE of Macclesfield. Post town, Stockport; money order and telegraph office, Whaley Bridge. Acreage of township, 3747; population, 251. The manor has been in the hands of the Legh family since the time of Richard II. Lyme Hall is a noble quadrangular mansion, partly Tudoi-y partly by Leoni, contains a picture gallery, and commands a very fine view. It stands in a park well stocked with red deer and a herd of the wild white cattle similar to those which are preserved at Chillingham.

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 parishPrestbury 
HundredMacclesfield 
Poor Law unionMacclesfield 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Lyme Handley 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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