A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
POWNALL-FEE, a township in Wilmslow parish, Cheshire; on the river Bollin, and the Northwestern railway, 5¼ miles S W by S of Stockport. It contains the hamlets of Morley, Styal, and Stanilands. Acres, 3, 556. Real property, £8, 972. Pop. in 1851, 1, 907; in 1861, 2, 181. Houses, 430. Pownall Hall is the seat of T. Hobson, Esq.; and Norcliffe Hall, of R. H. Greg, Esq. Gas-works for all Wilmslow parish and for Alderley-Edgewere constructed in 1864. An extensive cotton factoryis in Styal; and a silk-throwing mill is in Stanilands. Achapel of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, a Unitarian chapel, and public schools are in Styal; and chapels for Baptists, Quakers, and Wesleyans, are in Morley.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Pownall Fee CP/Tn Wilmslow CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Pownall Fee |
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