Bosley, a village a township, and an ecclesiastical parish, in Prestbury parish, Cheshire, adjacent to the Macclesfield canal, 5 miles S by W of Macclesfield. The village has a station on the North Staffordshire railway, and a post-office under Congleton, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of township, 3197; population, 364. There is a large reservoir connected with the Macclesfield Canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £90 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church, originally Norman, was rebuilt, withe the exception of the tower, in 1777.
