WERNITH, a township in the parish of STOCKPORT,
hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of
CHESTER, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Stockport, containing
1804 inhabitants, most of whom are employed in
the manufacture of hats and cotton goods, with calicoprinting.
Gee-Cross, so named from a cross erected
there by the family of Gee, is the most considerable
village in the township; it consists of a spacious street
half a mile in length, on the high road from Stockport
to Mottram in Longdendale, and is intersected by the
Peak Forest canal. There is a place of worship for
Unitarians, with an extensive cemetery and a Sunday
school attached. A court baron is annually held; and
there are fairs for cattle, on April 28th and November
20th. Coal and freestone are plentiful in this township.
From a hill, called Wernith Lee, which is enclosed and
cultivated to its summit, are most extensive and varied
prospects, including views of Manchester, Stockport,
Ashton under Line, Oldham, Mottram in Longdendale,
&c., bounded by the Cheshire and Derbyshire mountnins.