In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bosley like this:
BOSLEY, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Macclesfield canal and the North Stafford railway, 6 ½ miles S by W of Macclesfield. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Congleton. Acres, 3,180. Real property, £3,351. Pop., 461. Houses, 94. There is a large reservoir connected with the Macclesfield canal. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £110.* Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church was recently rebuilt.
Bosley through time
Bosley is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bosley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bosley, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3224
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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