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GOOSTREY-CUM-BARNSHAW, a township-chapelry in Sandbach parish, Cheshire; near the river Dane, 3 miles NNW of Holmes-Chapel r. station, and 6 S of Knutsford. Post town, Holmes-Chapel, under Middlewich. Acres, 1, 697. Real property, £2, 741. Pop., 268. Houses, 51. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £175.* Patron, the Vicar of Sandbach. The church is modern, on the site of an ancient one. There are a national school, in the Tudor style, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Goostrey Parish Sandbach Parish Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Goostrey |
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