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BUTLEY, a township in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; on the Manchester and Birmingham railway, adjacent to Prestbury station, 3 miles N of Macclesfield. Acres, 1,500. Real property, £3,930. Pop., 674. Houses, 139. Some of the inhabitants are silk weavers. Roman remains have been found. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Newton, the historian of the Saracens, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Butley Parish Prestbury Parish Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Butley |
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