In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ollerton like this:
OLLERTON, a township in Knutsford parish, Cheshire; 2¼ miles S E of Knutsford. Acres, 1, 215. Real property, £2,039. Pop., 272. Houses, 56. Ollerton Hall is the seat of R. K. M ' Gildowny, Esq. A smallchurch, in the early English style, was built in 1868.
Ollerton through time
Ollerton is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ollerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ollerton, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4557
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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