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Taxal, Cheshire

Historical Description

Taxal, a township and a parish in Cheshire, 1¼ mile S by W of Whaley Bridge station on the L. & N.W.R., and 7½ miles NE of Macclesfield. Post town, Stockport; money order and telegraph office, Whaley Bridge. The township comprises 3799 acres; population, 308. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Erwood Hall is the chief residence. The parish includes also the township of Yeardsley-cum-Whaley, and comprises 5122 acres; population, 1543. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £176 with residence. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1825, and was restored in 1889.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishTaxall St. James 
HundredMacclesfield 
Poor Law unionMacclesfield 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Taxal from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictHigh Peak
CountyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtSK23
Post TownHigh Peak

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