In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birtles like this:
BIRTLES, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 2¾ miles W by N of Macclesfield r. station. Post Town, Alderley, under Congleton. Acres, 460. Real property, £980. Pop., 73. Houses, 11. Birtles Hall is the seat of T. Hibbert, Esq. A Roman urn and some other Roman relics have been found. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £50. Patron, T. Hibbert, Esq.
Birtles through time
Birtles is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birtles itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birtles, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1375
Date accessed: 23rd May 2024
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