Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Prestbury

Prestbury.-- par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Cheshire - par. (containing Macclesfield), 62,415 ac., pop. 55,975; township, 620 ac., pop. 292; vil., 2 miles NW. of Macclesfield; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is Prestbury Hall, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Prestbury AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Prestbury

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