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Bosley, Cheshire

Historical Description

Bosley, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish, in Prestbury parish, Cheshire, adjacent to the Macclesfield canal, 5 miles S by W of Macclesfield. The village has a station on the North Staffordshire railway, and a post-office under Congleton, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of township, 3197; population, 364. There is a large reservoir connected with the Macclesfield Canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £90 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church, originally Norman, was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1777.

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 Bosley from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Bosley 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 districtSK11
Post TownMacclesfield

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