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"WILMSLOW, a parish in the hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 7 miles (N.W. by N.) from Macclesfield, comprising the townships of Bollen-Fee, Chorley, Fulshaw, and Pownal-Fee, and containing 3927 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £32. 15., and in the patronage of Thomas Joseph Trafford, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a handsome structure, combining the decorated and later English styles, and containing several old monuments of the Dunham, Trafford, and Newton families; in an adjoining chapel, of modern construction, are several tombs of the family of Leigh, by one of whom it was founded. The small river Bollin, upon which are extensive cotton and silk mills, runs through the parish. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. Courts leet and baron are held, the former by the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, and the latter at Pownal- Fee by Mr. Trafford. A school, founded by the Rev. Henry Hough, with a small endowment, affords instruction to ten children. A workhouse was established, about 1780, upon Lindon common, and land, now producing upwards of £200 per annum, was assigned for its support. About a quarter of a mile eastward from the church are some remains of an ancient chapel, supposed to have belonged to the old manor-house."[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
"DEAN-ROW, a hamlet in the parish of WILMSLOW, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 6½ miles (N. N. W.) from Macclesfield. The population is returned with the parish." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Wilmslow, [previously an ancient parish] also a civil parish created in 1894 from parts of Bollinfee, Fulshaw and Pownall Fee.
- Since 1974 it has been an unparished area.
- It includes the hamlets of Carrwood, Colshaw, Davenport Green, Dean Row, Finney Green, Fulshaw Park, Harden Park, Hilltop, Hollinlane, Hough, Lacey Green, Lindow (part), Morley, Oversley, The Parsonage, Pownall Green, Shady Grove, Stanneyland and Styal.
- The population was 7361 in 1901, 10536 in 1951, and 30326 in 2001.
For the period before 1894 see Bollinfee, Fulshaw and Pownall Fee.
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Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cemetery |
Chapel Row, Dean Row, Unitarian |
Bourne Street, Wilmslow, Society of Friends (Quaker) |
Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, Congregationalist |
Mobberley Road, Morley Green, Independent |
Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cemetery |
Farm Fold, Styal, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
Hawthorn Street, Wilmslow, Methodist (New Connexion) |
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
Woodford Road, Dean Row, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
Chapel Row, Dean Row, Presbyterian |
Chapel Row, Dean Row, Unitarian |
Norcliffe Chapel, Styal, Unitarian |
Bourne Street, Wilmslow, Society of Friends (Quaker) |
- Altrincham (1894-98)
- Bucklow (1898-1974) *
- Macclesfield (1974-98)
- Cheshire East (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
* The part of the former civil parish of Handforth, which was added to Wilmslow in 1936, remained in Stockport registration district until 1937.
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Places associated with Wilmslow ancient parish with separate pages
- Alderley Edge; Bollinfee; Chorley (near Wilmslow); Fulshaw
- Pownall Fee; Styal ??; Wilmslow
- 1894 September 30 — Created from the parts in Wilmslow Urban District of Bollinfee (pop. 3208 in 1901), Fulshaw (pop. 1403 in 1901) and Pownall Fee (pop. 2750 in 1901)
- 1936 April 1 — Gained parts of Bollinfee (less than 1 acre, pop. 0 in 1931), Cheadle & Gatley (19 acres, pop. 31 in 1931), Chorley (near Wilmslow) (3 acres, pop. 0 in 1931), Handforth (1080 acres, pop. 938 in 1931) and Styal (1521 acres, pop. 1336 in 1931), and lost part to Alderley Edge (119 acres, pop. 109 in 1931)
- 1954 April 1 — Lost part to Alderley Edge (3 acres, pop. 20 in 1951)
- 1981 April 1 — Gained part of Chorley (near Wilmslow), and lost part to Alderley Edge
- 2011 April 1 — Lost parts to the new parishes of Handforth and Styal
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- Wilmslow Urban District (1894-1974)
- Macclesfield (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)