In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodford like this:
WOODFORD, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 2 miles ESE of Handforth r. station, and 5 S by W of Stockport. Post town, Stockport. Acres, 1,449. Real property, £3,379. Pop., 392. Houses, 74. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value and patron, not reported. The church is plain. There is a national school.
Woodford through time
Woodford is now part of Stockport district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stockport has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodford, in Stockport and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3228
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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