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"BIRTLES, a township in the parish of PRESTBURY hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¾ miles (W. by N.) from Macclesfield, containing 47 inhabitants. There are various tumuli in the neighbourhood, and fragments of urns, which formerly contained burnt bones, have been discovered." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Birtles was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8574), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become parts of Henbury and Over Alderley.
- The population was 35 in 1801, 65 in 1851, and 51 in 1901.
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- Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Birtles.
- Birtles: St. Catherine (Church of England). The district church for Birtles from 1890.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Birtles to another place.
- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Henbury (599 acres, pop. 50 in 1931) and Over Alderley (less than 1 acre, pop. 0 in 1931).
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ874759 (Lat/Lon: 53.279777, -2.190249), Birtles which are provided by:
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- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- 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.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1936)