Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOLLINGTON

BOLLINGTON, a township in Bowden and Rostherne parishes,-Cheshire; on the Bridgewater canal, near the river Bollin, 3 miles SW of Altrincham. It has a post office under Manchester. Acres, 631. Real property, £1,827. Pop., 277. Houses, 52. It forms a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Rostherne. The church was built in 1854; and a national school, in 1857.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rostherne CP/Tn/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Bollington

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