A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
RAINOW, a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district, in Cheshire. The village stands 2¾ miles N E of Macclesfield r. station; and is much scattered. The chapelry contains also Harrop hamlet, is in Prestbury parish, and comprises 5, 750 acres. Post-town, Macclesfield. Real property, £7, 619; of which £86 are in quarries, and £60 in mines. Pop., 1, 550. Houses, 331. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120.* Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church isrecent; is in the pointed style; and consists of nave, three aisles, and transept, with pinnacled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £10.—The sub-district contains also two other townships of Prestbury parish, and all Taxal parish; and is in Macclesfield district. Acres, 15, 995. Pop., 3, 478. Houses, 730.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rainow CP/Ch Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Rainow |
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