Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sandbach within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Sandbach, market town, par., and township with ry. sta. (Sandbach Junction), Cheshire, 4½ miles NE. of Crewe - par., 16,310 ac., pop., 10,219; town and township, 2584 ac., pop. 5493; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. Sandbach has mfrs. of boots and shoes, ironworks, wireworks, fustian factories, &c., and (in the neighbourhood) saltworks. It has a spacious grammar school, and in the market-place are two antique obelisks.
A village in Middlewich hundred, in the county of Cheshire.