Prestbury, Cheshire
Historical Description
Prestbury, a village, a township, the head of a petty sessional division, and a parish in Cheshire. The village stands on the river Bollin, 2½ miles NNW of Macclesfield; and has a station on the L. & N.W.R., a post, money order, and telegraph office under Macclesfield, and fairs on 28 April and 22 Oct. The township comprises 746 acres; population, 311. Prestbury Hall is the chief residence. The parish contains also the townships of Poynton-with-Worth, Wood-ford, Newton, Adiington, Butley, Mottram St Andrew, Fallibroome, Upton, Tytherington, Hurdsfield, Bollington, Pott Shrigley, Lyme Handley, Ketfcleshuime, Rainow, Macclesfield, Macclesfield Forest, Sutton, Wildboarclough, Wincle, Bosley, North Rode, Marton, Siddington, Henbury-with-Pexhall, Birtles, Capesthorne, Chelford, Lower Withington, and Old Withington. Acreage, 62,796; population of the civil parish, 53,874; of the ecclesiastical, 3401. The following ecclesiastical parishes are also included in Prestbury parish:- Birtles (part of), Holy Trinity, Bollington (part of), St John the Baptist, Bollington, Bosley, Capesthorne, Chelford (part of), Henbury, Hurdsfield, High Lane (part of), Macclesfield (Christchurch, St John the Evangelist, St Michael, St Paul, St Peter), Macclesfield Forest, Marton, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Rainow, North Rode, Saltersford, Sutton (St George and St James), Wincle, and Woodford, all of which are separately noticed. The living of Prestbury is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £20 with residence. The church is ancient, of various dates; was restored in 1879-86; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with a lofty tower; and contains a piscina and many fine mural monuments. The churchyard contains an ancient Norman chapel which has been restored.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Prestbury St. Peter | |
Hundred | Macclesfield | |
Poor Law union | Macclesfield |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Prestbury from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Prestbury (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Prestbury 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.