Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bollington

Bollington, township with ry. sta., Prestbury par., E. Cheshire, 2½ miles NE. of Macclesfield, 1291 ac., pop. 5464; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has silk and cotton factories.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Bollington Tn/CP       Prestbury AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Bollington

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