• Over Alderley was a township in Alderley Parish, Macclesfield Hundred (SJ 8676), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Including the hamlets of Adders Moss, Adshead Green, Broadheath, Finlow Hill, Harebarrow, Harehill, Shaw Cross, Vardentown and Whirley.
• The population was 408 in 1801, 450 in 1851, 358 in 1901, and 282 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Alderley, St. Mary (C of E). The ancient parish church for Over Alderley.
• Birtles, St. Catherine (C of E). The parish church for Over Alderley since 1890.
• Over Alderley, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built in 1863.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Macclesfield Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Macclesfield Rural District (1894–1974)
• Macclesfield (1974–2009)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• North Cheshire (1832–67)
• East Cheshire (1868–85)
• Knutsford (1885–1948)
• Macclesfield (1948–74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Macclesfield

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Macclesfield (1837–1998)
• Cheshire East (1998+)

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