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[[File:Astbury, St Mary.jpg|thumb|250px|Parish church of St Mary, Astbury]]
[[File:Astbury, St Mary.jpg|thumb|250px|Parish church of St Mary, Astbury]]
'''Astbury''' is one of the eight ancient parishes of the [[Macclesfield Hundred]] of [[Cheshire]].<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10090246 A Vision of Britain: Astbury AP/CP]</ref>
'''Astbury''' is an ancient parish in [[Cheshire]], mostly in [[Northwich Hundred]], but partly in [[Macclesfield Hundred]].<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10090246 A Vision of Britain: Astbury AP/CP]</ref>
It comprises two chapelries and ten townships. The chapelry of Congleton was an ancient borough<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10107118 A Vision of Britain: Congleton Borough]</ref> and became a municipal borough in 1835.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025333 A Vision of Britain: Congleton MB]</ref> In 1866  the townships and chapelries became civil parishes in their own right.
It comprises two chapelries and ten townships. The chapelry of Congleton was an ancient borough<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10107118 A Vision of Britain: Congleton Borough]</ref> and became a municipal borough in 1835.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025333 A Vision of Britain: Congleton MB]</ref> In 1866  the townships and chapelries became civil parishes in their own right.


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Townships:
Townships:
*Davenport
*Davenport
*Eaton
*Eaton (in Macclesfield Hund.)
*[[Hulme Walfield]]
*[[Hulme Walfield]]
*[[Moreton cum Alcumlow]]
*[[Moreton cum Alcumlow]]
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*Smallwood
*Smallwood
*Somerford
*Somerford
*[[Somerford Booths]]
*[[Somerford Booths]] (in Macclesfield Hund.)


==References==
==References==
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==Outside links==
==Outside links==
{{Commons}}
{{commons|Astbury, Cheshire}}
*Location map: {{wmap|53.140|-2.195|zoom=14}}
*Location map: {{wmap|53.140|-2.195|zoom=14}}


[[Category:Towns and villages in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in Cheshire]]
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Latest revision as of 07:04, 13 December 2024

Parish church of St Mary, Astbury

Astbury is an ancient parish in Cheshire, mostly in Northwich Hundred, but partly in Macclesfield Hundred.[1] It comprises two chapelries and ten townships. The chapelry of Congleton was an ancient borough[2] and became a municipal borough in 1835.[3] In 1866 the townships and chapelries became civil parishes in their own right.

Chapelries:

Townships:

References

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