NEWTON (near Prestbury)
"NEWTON, a township in the parish of PRESTBURY, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 5¼ miles (N.N.W.) from Macclesfield, containing 95 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
- Newton was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8880), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become part of Mottram St. Andrew.
- The population was 108 in 1811, 122 in 1851, and 88 in 1901.
For the period after 1936, see Mottram St. Andrew.
Churches
- Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Newton.
| Resurrection, Upton (Macclesfield), Church of England |
| St Peter, Prestbury, Church of England |
| St Stephen, Macclesfield Forest, Church of England |
| Bollin Grove, Prestbury, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
| Macclesfield Road, Prestbury, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
| Priest Lane, Mottram St Andrew, Methodist (Wesleyan) |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Prestbury area or see them printed on a map.
Civil Registration
- Macclesfield (1837-1936)
Court Records
- Prestbury (1828-1936)
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Mottram St. Andrew (267 acres, pop. 82 in 1931)
You can see the administrative areas in which NEWTON (near Prestbury) has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ901771 (Lat/Lon: 53.290769, -2.149974), NEWTON (near Prestbury) which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Politics and Government
- Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1936)
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Macclesfield
Voting Registers
- North Cheshire (1832-67)
- East Cheshire (1868-85)
- Knutsford (1885-1936)