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Yeardsley cum Whaley, Cheshire

Historical Description

Yeardsley-cum-Whaley, a township in Taxal parish Cheshire, 8 miles NE of Macclesfield, and 10½ SE of Stockport. It includes the village of Whaley Bridge, which has a station on the L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stockport. Acreage, 1323; population, 1235. Extensive coalmines are adjacent. Yeardsley Hall was formerly the seat of the Jodrells, and is now a farmhouse. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels.

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 parishTaxall 
HundredMacclesfield 
Poor Law unionMacclesfield 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Yeardsley cum Whaley 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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