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TWEMLOW

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Genealogy◬
Historical Geography
Maps
Politics & Government
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Probate Records◬
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Voting Registers

"TWEMLOW, a township in that part of the parish of SANDBACH which is in the hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 5¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Middlewich, containing 130 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

Twemlow was a township in Goostrey chapelry of Sandbach ancient parish, Northwich hundred (SJ 7768), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlet of Saltersford (part).
The population of was 131 in 1801, 123 in 1851, 143 in 1901, 176 in 1951, and 168 in 2001.

Churches

Sandbach: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Twemlow.
Goostrey: St. Luke (Church of England). An ancient chapel to Sandbach: St. Mary, and the district church for the township of Twemlow from 1724.

Civil Registration

Congleton (1837-1937)
Crewe (1937-74)
Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
South Cheshire (1988-98)
Cheshire East (1998-2007)
Cheshire (2007-09)
Cheshire East (2009+)

Court Records

Northwich (1828-99)
Middlewich & Sandbach (1899-1907)
Middlewich (1907-67)
South East Cheshire (1967-74)
Congleton (1974-92)
South Cheshire (1992+)

Description and Travel

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Historical Geography

1889 March 24 — Gained detached part No. 6 of Rudheath (68 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)

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Maps

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OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
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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.)
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Elgin Road Works
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Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Politics and Government

Congleton Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
Congleton Rural District (1894-1974)
Congleton (1974-2009)
Cheshire East (2009+)

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Congleton

Voting Registers

South Cheshire (1832-67)
Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
Knutsford (1885-1974)