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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knutsford

Parish in the County of Cheshire

Etymology

This parish was created by Act of Parliament 1741, when St Mary's Chapel in Nether Knutsford became the parish church. This had been a chapel of ease to Knutsford Chapel at St John's infra (v. NotCestr 343, 344 n3), a parochial chapel of Rostherne parish 45supra . The chapelry contained 1. Bexton, 2 & 3. Nether and Over Knutsford (now both included in Knutsford c.p.), 4. Ollerton, 5. Toft.

Major Settlements