Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wheelock

Wheelock, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Sandbach par., Cheshire - dist., pop. 2264; township, 690 ac., pop. 794; vil., on river Wheelock, 4 miles NE. of Crewe; P.O.; has a brewery, bone works, and ironworks; in vicinity is Wheelock House, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wheelock CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Wheelock

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