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SNELSON

"SNELSON, a township in that part of the parish of ROSTHERN which is in the hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 5¼ miles (S. E.) from Nether Knutsford, containing 137 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

  • Snelson was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8073), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • The population was 126 in 1801, 169 in 1851, 170 in 1901, 160 in 1951, and 157 in 2001.

Churches

  • Rostherne: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Snelson.
  • Over Peover: St. Lawrence (Church of England). An ancient chapel to Rostherne: St. Mary, which became the district church for Snelson in 1827.
  • Chelford: St. John the Evangelist (Church of England). The district church for Snelson from 1880.
  • Snelson, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1825.

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Civil Registration

  • Macclesfield (1837-98)
  • Cheshire East (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire East (2009+)
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Court Records

  • Prestbury (1828-1974)
  • Macclesfield (1974+)

Description and Travel

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Historical Geography

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Maps

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Politics and Government

  • Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1974)
  • Macclesfield (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire East (2009+)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

  • Macclesfield
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Voting Registers

  • North Cheshire (1832-67)
  • East Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Knutsford (1885-1948)
  • Macclesfield (1949-74)