Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SPURSTOW

SPURSTOW, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire; 4 miles SE of Tarporley. It has a post-office under Tarporley. Acres, 1,797. Real property, £2,552. Pop., 594. Houses, 105. The manor belongs to Lord Crewe. S. Hall, Lower S. Hall, and Oaklands are chief residences. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels, a medicinal spring, and a bath-house.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bunbury AP/Tn/CP       Spurstow CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Spurstow

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