In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alsager like this:
ALSAGER, a chapelry in Barthomley parish, Cheshire; near the river Wenlock, the Grand Trunk canal, and the North Stafford railway, 4¼ miles SSE of Sandbach. It has a station on the railway, about a mile distant; and its Post Town is Lawton, under Stoke-on-Trent. Acres, 2,184. Real property, £4,202. Pop., 703. Houses, 139. Part of the land was a common, recently enclosed. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100. Patrons, the proprietors of the manor. There is a Wesleyan chapel of 1869. Charities, £41.
Alsager through time
Alsager is now part of Congleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Congleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Alsager itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alsager, in Congleton and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/423
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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