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Old Withington
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"WITHINGTON (OLD), a township in the parish of PRESTBURY, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 7½ miles (N,N,W.) from Congleton, containing 164 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Old Withington was a township in Chelford chapelry of Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8171), , which became a civil parish in 1866.
- In 1936 the civil parish was abolished to become part of Withington
- It included the hamlet of Acre Nook.
- The population was 137 in 1801, 189 in 1851, and 121 in 1901.
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- Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Old Withington.
- Chelford: St. John the Evangelist (Church of England). An ancient chapel to Prestbury: St. Peter, which became the district church for Old Withington in 1880.
- Lower Withington: St. Peter (Church of England). A chapel of ease to Chelford, St John the Evangelist, built in 1891.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Old Withington to another place.
- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Withington (1115 acres, pop. 125 in 1931)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ821725 (Lat/Lon: 53.24945, -2.269706), Old 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.