Rudheath, Cheshire
Historical Description
Rudheath, a township in Davenham, Great Budworth, and Sandback parishes, Cheshire, on the Grand Trunk Canal, 2 miles SE of Northwich. Post town, Northwich. Acreage, 2298; population, 644. The manor belonged to the Drak-lows, passed to the Crown, was given to the Portland family, and went by sale to the Marshalls. Rudheath Heath was the scene of an action in 1643 between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. There is a chapel of ease.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Hundred | Northwich | |
Poor Law union | Northwich |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Rudheath from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Rudheath 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.