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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bosley like this:
BOSLEY, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Macclesfield canal and the North Stafford railway, 6 ½ miles S by W of Macclesfield. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Congleton. Acres, 3,180. Real property, £3,351. Pop., 461. Houses, 94. There is a large reservoir connected with the Macclesfield canal. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £110.* Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church was recently rebuilt.
Bosley 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 Bosley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bosley, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3224
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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