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Sandbach in Cheshire County England History and GeographySANDBACH, a parish comprising the market town of Sandbach, the chapelries of Church-Hulme, and Goostrey with Barnshaw, and the townships of Arclid, Blackden, Bradwell, Cotton, Cranage, Leese, Twemlow, Wheelock, and a small portion of Rudheath, in the hundred of NORTHWICH, and the townships of Bechton and Hassall, in that of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, and containing 6369 inhabitants, of which number, 2905 are in the town of Sandbach, 26 miles (E. by S.) from Chester, and 162 (N.W.) from London. This town occupies a pleasant eminence near the small river Wheelock, which falls into the Dane, in the midst of a fertile tract, and commands, from certain points, extensive views of a rich landscape, embracing the Vale Royal, the hills of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, and the distant mountains of Wales. The worsted trade, and the manufacture of shoes, formerly prevailed; but they have been succeeded by the throwing of silk, and the manufacture of this article, in its various branches, by which the town has considerably advanced in importance and prosperity within the last twenty years: the malt trade, which was formerly carried on, has also declined: here are some brine springs. The Grand Trunk canal passes through the parish. A charter for a market was obtained in the seventeenth century; it is held on Thursday; and fairs are on Easter Tuesday and Wednesday, the first Thursday after the 11th of September, and a statute and pleasure fair on December 27th, for cattle and wearing apparel: in the market-place are some ancient crosses, which were repaired in 1816. A court is held occasionally by the lord of the manor, and two constables are appointed at the petty sessions of the county magistrates. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £15. 10. 2½., and in the patronage of the Rev. Mr. Armitstead. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is principally in the later English style. There are places of worship for Independents, and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. Some small benefactions have been made at different periods for the instruction of poor children, the principal of which are, a school-house, crected in 1694, at the expense of Francis Wells; and a bequest of £200, for teaching three boys in it, and preparing them for the University; also £420 as an endowment for the school, which is under the superintendence of trustees, for the instruction of twenty children of this parish in the rudiments of an English education. A National school is supported by voluntary contributions. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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