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Family & Local History for Odd Rode and surrounding townships under the original Astbury Parish

This website is a companion to the ENG-CHS-ODD-RODE mailing list that I administer. My ancestors came from the area and five generations are buried in a family tomb at Astbury, St Mary's. The scope of this site is Odd Rode and surrounding townships under the original Astbury Parish umbrella, on the Cheshire / Staffordshire border.  The links below will show relevant page images from Kelly's 1892 Directory, or  transcripts from other directories, where available.

Odd Rode is a township in Astbury Parish, Northwich Hundred, and includes the hamlets of The Bank, Boarded Barn, Brake Village, Cinder Hill, Firclose, Hall Green (part), Kent Green, Little Moss (part), Mount Pleasant, Mow Cop (partly in Staffordshire), Mow Hollow, Old House Green, Pat Bank, Rode Heath, Scholar Green, Spring Bank, Stone Chair, Towns End, Thurlwood, Whartons Pool.

Astbury is an ancient parish, originally comprising the townships of Buglawton, Congleton, Davenport, Eaton (near Congleton), Hulme Walfield, Moreton cum Alcumlow, Newbold Astbury, Odd Rode, Smallwood, Somerford and Somerford Booths.

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