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Rainow, Cheshire

Historical Description

Rainow, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Prestbury parish, Cheshire. The village stands 3 miles NE of Macclesfield, and is much scattered. It has a post and money order office under Macclesfield; telegraph office, Bollington. The township includes Haugh Hole and Kerridge Edge, and comprises 5744 acres; population, 1255. There is a parish council consisting of twelve members. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1846; population, 1192. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £171. Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church is modern. There is a Wesleyan chapel and a meeting-house for the Society of Friends.

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 Rainow from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Rainow are available from a number of sites:


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.

CountyCheshire East
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtSK10
Post TownMacclesfield

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