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Altringham or Altrincham, a small town in the parish of Bowden and county of Chester, near the Duke of Bridgewater’s canal from Manchester to Runcorn ; it is about 8 miles south-west of Manchester, and nearly 180 miles north-west from London. The neighbourhood supplies Manchester with fruit and vegetables ; and the salubrity of the air makes it a place of some resort for invalids. It is a neat and clean town, with a population in 1831 of 2,708. The chief manufactures are of cotton and worsted. There is a corporation, but the mayor has no jurisdiction. Besides a chapel for the members of the Established Church, there are two Methodist and one Unitarian meeting-house. The market is on Tuesday, and there are three fairs in the year. |
Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. |