Bucklow Hill

Bucklow Hill is a village in Cheshire, England whose name originates from a slight rise in the road.[1] It is part of the civil parish of Mere and is located at the junction of the A5034 road and the B5569 road.

Chapel Lane and Swan Hotel

History

The Bucklow Hundred of Cheshire derives its name from this place.[1] Soldiers were mustered here in 1549 to reinforce the English troops in Scotland during the Rough Wooing.[1] A nonconformist chapel was founded at Bucklow Hill in the 19th century.[2]

References

Henry Green (1859). Knutsford, Its Traditions and History: With Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Notices of the Neighbourhood. London: Smith, Elder, & Company.
Wilson, Linda (1999). ""Constrained by Zeal": Women in Mid‐NineteenthCentury Nonconformist Churches". Journal of Religious History. 23 (2): 185–202. doi:10.1111/1467-9809.00081.

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[Knutsford-1] Henry Green (1859). Knutsford, Its Traditions and History: With Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Notices of the Neighbourhood. London: Smith, Elder, & Company.

[2] Wilson, Linda (1999). ""Constrained by Zeal": Women in Mid‐NineteenthCentury Nonconformist Churches". Journal of Religious History. 23 (2): 185–202. doi:10.1111/1467-9809.00081.