Cheddleton in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"CHEDDLETON, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of Totmonslow, in the county of Stafford, 16 miles from Macclesfield, 35 from Derby, and 7 N. of Cheadle. It is a station on the London and North-Western line, and is beautifully situated, overlooking the river Churnet, Caldon canal, and Churnet Valley railway. It includes the townships of Basford, Rownall, Wetley Rocks, and Consall, and is mentioned in Domesday Book as held by William, under the Earl of Arundel.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £160, in the patronage of the Rev. Edward Powys. The church, dedicated to St. Edward, is an ancient Gothic structure.

Here the Methodists have a chapel, and the Wesleyans a Sunday school for both sexes. There is likewise a National school for boys and girls, which is endowed with the interest of £200, left by James Whitehall in 1724, and an annual rent of £5, left in 1814 by John Bagnall. There are several gifts and charities.

There is a fair on the 5th May, and first Thursday in November at Cellar Head. The wakes are held on the fourth Sunday after the last day of September."

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Cheddleton is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Basford
• Cellar Head
• Consall
• Rownall
• Wetley Rocks

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]