Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BIRTLES

BIRTLES, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 2¾ miles W by N of Macclesfield r. station. Post Town, Alderley, under Congleton. Acres, 460. Real property, £980. Pop., 73. Houses, 11. Birtles Hall is the seat of T. Hibbert, Esq. A Roman urn and some other Roman relics have been found. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £50. Patron, T. Hibbert, Esq.


(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: Birtles CP/Ch/Tn       Prestbury AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Birtles

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