| Welcome
to the Admiral Rodney in one of the most delightful and prestige villages
to be found in England. It is interesting to note that the Admiral Rodney was originally in the township of Butley. The earliest reference to Butley appears at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, as Butelage. In 1288 it is mentioned in a Court Roll as Butteleg(h). However in 1409 it appears as Buttley, which derived meant 'Butta's clearing'. Prestbury was the largest Parish in Cheshire, and contained 34 townships. The picturesque village of Prestbury stands adjacent to Butley on the river Bollin. |
Before
the 12th century there was a monastic settlement, from which the parish
derives its name, Preost-Burgh or Priest's Town. The township of Prestbury contained 620 acres. It is said that Bonnie Prince Charlie's route from Manchester to Derby lay through Prestbury. In December 1745 the bells were rung joyfully when the Duke of Cumberland marched through Prestbury in pursuit of the Jacobite rebels whose army he eventually overtook and defeated at Culloden. The Admiral Rodney was then known as the "Board" since it opened in 1730. A Free School had been built in the village ten years earlier. 
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