Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sandbach

Sandbach, market town, par., and township with ry. sta. (Sandbach Junction), Cheshire, 4½ miles NE. of Crewe - par., 16,310 ac., pop., 10,219; town and township, 2584 ac., pop. 5493; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. Sandbach has mfrs. of boots and shoes, ironworks, wireworks, fustian factories, &c., and (in the neighbourhood) saltworks. It has a spacious grammar school, and in the market-place are two antique obelisks.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "market town, parish and township, with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Sandbach Tn/AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Sandbach

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