Hurdsfield, Cheshire

Description
Hurdsfield, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Prestbury civil parish, Cheshire. The township is suburban to Macclesfield on the NE, and lies on the Macclesfield Canal. Acreage, 900; population of the township, 3725; of the ecclesiastical parish, 4250. Hurdsfield House is the chief residence. The Queen is lady of the manor. A trade in silk and cotton is carried on. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1840. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £300 with residence. The church was built in 1839, is in the Pointed style, and was painted and decorated in 1889. Victoria Park, opened in 1894, the gift of Mr Brocklehurst to Macclesfield, is in Hurdsfield. Most of the township is in the borough of Macclesfield.