GENUKI: Bosden, Cheshire

Bosden was a detached part of the township of Handforth cum Bosden in Cheadle parish and Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9387), which became a civil parish in 1877.
The civil parish was abolished in 1900 and incorporated into Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
The population was 1034 in 1801 (with Handforth), 2021 in 1851, and 2570 in 1901.

For the period before 1877, see Handforth cum Bosden.

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1877 December 17 — Created from part of Handforth cum Bosden (492 acres, pop. 1962 in 1881)
1900 September 30 — Abolished and incorporated into Hazel Grove and Bramhall (pop. 2570 in 1901)

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