Byley cum Yatehouse, Cheshire
Historical Description
Byley-cum-Yatehouse, a township in Cheshire, situated 2 miles N of Middlewich. Acreage, 1767; population, 203. It together with the townships of Stublach, Leese, part of Cranage, and part of Rudheath lordship, forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Byley-cum-Leese. Population of ecclesiastical parish, 480. The benefice is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; value, £134. Patron, Vicar of Middlewich. The church was erected in 1846. Post town, Middlewich.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Civil parish | Middlewich | |
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 Byley cum Yatehouse from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Byley, with Yatehouse)
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.