In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Goostrey like this:
GOOSTREY-CUM-BARNSHAW, a township-chapelry in Sandbach parish, Cheshire; near the river Dane, 3 miles NNW of Holmes-Chapel r. station, and 6 S of Knutsford. Post town, Holmes-Chapel, under Middlewich. Acres, 1, 697. Real property, £2, 741. Pop., 268. Houses, 51. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £175.* Patron, the Vicar of Sandbach. The church is modern, on the site of an ancient one. There are a national school, in the Tudor style, and charities £8.
Goostrey through time
Goostrey is now part of Congleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Congleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Goostrey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Goostrey, in Congleton and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3610
Date accessed: 30th September 2024
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