In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Capesthorne like this:
CAPESTHORNE, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 2½ miles ESE of Chelford r. station, and 5 W by S of Macclesfield. Post Town, Chelford, under Congleton. Acres, 748. Real property, £1,294. Pop., 114. Houses, 20. Capesthorne Hall is the seat of the Davenports; and was burnt in 1861. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £76.* Patron, E. D. Davenport, Esq. The church is good.
Capesthorne through time
Capesthorne is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Capesthorne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Capesthorne, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3584
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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