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TABLEY (Over or Superior), a township and a chapelry in Rostherne parish, Cheshire. The township lies 1 mile WNW of Knutsford r. station. Acres, 2,659. Real property, £5,470. Pop., 490. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to Lord De Tabley and T. J. Brooke, Esq.The chapelry includes also part of Mere township, and was constituted in 1855. Post town, Knutsford. Pop., 792. Houses, 140. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £140.* Patron, alternately the Bishop of and T. J. Brooke, Esq. The church was built in 1855; and rebuilt, after destruction by fire, in 1856.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Rostherne CP/Tn/AP Cheshire AncC |
Place names: | OVER TABLEY | SUPERIOR TABLEY | TABLEY | TABLEY OVER | TABLEY OVER OR SUPERIOR | TABLEY SUPERIOR |
Place: | Tabley Superior |
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