In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Spurstow like this:
SPURSTOW, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire; 4 miles SE of Tarporley. It has a post-office under Tarporley. Acres, 1,797. Real property, £2,552. Pop., 594. Houses, 105. The manor belongs to Lord Crewe. S. Hall, Lower S. Hall, and Oaklands are chief residences. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels, a medicinal spring, and a bath-house.
Spurstow through time
Spurstow is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district. Click here for graphs and data of how Crewe and Nantwich has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Spurstow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Spurstow, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4571
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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