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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Smallwood like this:
SMALLWOOD, a township-chapelry in Astbury parish, Cheshire; 3 miles ESE of Sandbach, and 3¾ NNW of Kidsgrove-Junction r. station. It has a post-office under Stoke-on-Trent. Acres, 2,133. Real property, £4,392. Pop., 590. Houses, 122. S. House and Moss End are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100.* Patron, the Rector of Astbury. The church was built in 1845, and is in the early English style. There is a national school.
Smallwood is now part of CHESHIRE EAST Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE EAST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smallwood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smallwood, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1512
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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