Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Handforth

Handforth, township and hamlet with ry. sta., Cheadle par., E. Cheshire, 5 miles SW. of Stockport, 1311 ac., pop. 736; P.O., T.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and hamlet with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cheadle CP       Handforth Hmlt/CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Handforth

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