HOLLINGWORTH
"HOLLINGWORTH, a township in the parish of MOTTRAM in LONGDEN-DALE, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 8 miles (E. N. E.) from Stockport, containing 1393 inhabitants. About thirty years ago Hollingworth was but an agricultural district with few inhabitants: there are now extensive manufactories for cotton goods, paper, and machinery, also for the printing of calico, and a foundry for smelting metals." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
- Hollingworth was a township in Mottram-in-Longdendale ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SK 0196), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become part of Longdendale.
- It included the hamlet of Hodgefold.
- The population was 910 in 1801, 2347 in 1851, and 2447 in 1901.
For the period after 1936, see Longdendale.
Churches
- Mottram In Longdendale: St. Michael (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Hollingworth.
- Tintwistle: Christ Church (Church of England). The district church for part of Hollingworth from 1836 to 1922.
- Hollingworth: St. Mary (Church of England). Built in 1864 as a chapel to Tintwistle: Christ Church, becoming the district church for Hollingworth in 1922.
- Hollingworth, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion), Spring Lane. Built in 1830. Closed in 1971. Microfilms of registers of baptisms 1830-1837 are at the Cheshire Record Office and Manchester Central Library. Registers of baptisms 1871-1965 and marriages 1912-1971 are at Manchester Central Library.
- Hollingworth, Methodist Chapel (Free), Water Lane. Registers of baptisms 1871-1962 are at Manchester Central Library.
- Hollingworth, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Built in 1865. Records of baptisms 1870-1944 and marriages 1868-1915 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
| St Mary, Hollingworth, Church of England |
| Lord Street, Hollingworth, Congregationalist |
| Market Street/Water Lane, Hollingworth, Methodist (United Free) |
| Spring Street, Hollingworth, Methodist (New Connexion) |
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Civil Registration
- Ashton under Lyne (1837-1936)
Court Records
- Stockport (County) (1828-48)
- Hyde (County) (1848-99)
- Dukinfield (1899-1936)
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Historical Geography
- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Longdendale (2086 acres, pop. 2299 in 1931)
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Maps
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Politics and Government
- Ashton-under-Lyne Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Tintwistle Rural District (1894-1936)
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Ashton under Lyne
Voting Registers
- North Cheshire (1832-67)
- East Cheshire (1868-85)
- Hyde (1885-1915)
- Stalybridge and Hyde (1915-36)