In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Church Hulme like this:
CHURCH-HULME, a township-chapelry and a sub-district, in Congleton district, Cheshire. The chapelry lies on the river Dane, and on the Manchester and Birmingham railway, 6½ miles WNW of Congleton; is in the parish of Sandbach; bears also the name of Holmes-Chapel; and has a station of that name on the railway, and a post office of the same name under Middlewich. ...
Acres, 864. Real property, £2, 741. Pop., 573. Houses, 125. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, the Vicar of Sandbach. The church is old but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £16. -The sub-district contains six townships of Sandbach parish, two other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 12, 600. Pop., 2, 514. Houses, 485.
Church Hulme through time
Church Hulme is now part of Congleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Congleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Church Hulme itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Church Hulme, in Congleton and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1441
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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