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WHALEY BRIDGE, Derbyshire

"WHALEY, or Whaley Bridge, is a joint township with Yeardisley, in the parish of Taxall, hundred of Macclesfield, and county of Chester, 3 miles from Chapel-en-le-Frith. and rather more than 9 S.E. from Stockport, situate on the main road from Manchester to London, through Buxton. The Peak Forest canal passes through the parish. The parish of Taxall contained, by the last census, 587 inhabitants, and the township 403 of that number."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Cemeteries

• Roll of Honour - Derbyshire - War Memorial Selection lists the names on the Whaley Bridge War Memorial. Added 5 Jan 2006.

Directories

• Directory for Chapel-en-le-Frith, with Whaley Bridge (Cheshire) and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

Genealogy

• A comprehensive set of pages devoted to Whaley Bridge is available as one of Marjorie Ward's resources for Disley, Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley in Cheshire - a developing site with new material being added all the time. Added 5 Mar 2007.

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