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Lower Withington
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"WITHINGTON (LOWER), a township in the parish of PRESTBURY, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 7 miles (N.N.W.) from Congleton, containing 615 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Tunsted, a hill in this township, is supposed, from its Saxon etymology, viz., the place of a town, to have been the site of an ancient ville of some consequence. A school is supported here, by Mr. Parker, for the instruction of poor children.[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Lower Withington was a township in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8170), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1936 to become part of Withington, which itself was renamed Lower Withington in 1978.
- It includes the hamlets of Broad Hill, Dicklow Cob, Dingle Bank, Gleads Moss, Harrop Green, Hodgehill (part), Jodrell Bank (part), Smiths Green, Trap Street, Whisterfield (part), Whitecroft Green, Windyharbour and Woodcroft Green
- The population was 540 in 1801, 570 in 1851, 578 in 1901, and 492 in 2001.
For the period 1936 to 1978, see Withington.
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- Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Lower Withington.
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Lower Withington, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1808. Registers 1808-1837 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
- Lower Withington, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1870, closed in 1957. Registers 1941-1954 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
See also Old Withington.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Lower Withington to another place.
- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Withington (2393 acres, pop. 531 in 1931)
- 1978 August 1 — Re-created by renaming Withington.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ814697 (Lat/Lon: 53.224017, -2.280049), Lower Withington 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 District (1875-94)
- Macclesfield Rural District (1894-1936)
- Macclesfield (1978+)