Chelford, Cheshire

Historical Description

Chelford, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the river Peover Eye, 5 miles ESE of Knutsford. It has a station on the L. &N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Crewe. Acreage of the township, 1182; population, 342; of the ecclesiastical district, 607. The chapelry was constituted in 1880, and includes the township of Old Withington and part of that of Snelson and the hamlet of Astle. Astle Hall is the seat of the lord of the manor. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; net value, £280 with residence. The church was erected in 1776, on the site of an ancient church.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Chelford from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chelford)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Chelford 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:

• Chester Chronicle
• Cheshire Observer
• Chester Courant

Visitations Heraldic

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