A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BOSLEY, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Macclesfield canal and the North Stafford railway, 6 ½ miles S by W of Macclesfield. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Congleton. Acres, 3,180. Real property, £3,351. Pop., 461. Houses, 94. There is a large reservoir connected with the Macclesfield canal. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £110.* Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church was recently rebuilt.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bosley CP/Ch Prestbury AP/CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Bosley |
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