HULME-WALFIELD, a township chapelry in Astbury parish, Cheshire; near the Macclesfield and Colwich railway, and near the boundary with Staffordshire, 1¾ mile N of Congleton. Post town, Congleton. Acres, 1, 047. Real property, £2, 340. Pop., 111. Houses, 17. Much of the property belongs to A. H. Devonport, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Astbury, in the diocese of Chester. The church was built in 1856; is a handsome edifice, comprising nave, chancel, and N aisle; and stands on an elevated spot, commanding extensive views. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))