Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRINNINGTON

BRINNINGTON, a township in Stockport parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Peak Forest canal, 2 miles NE of Stockport. Acres, 783. Real property, £18,101. Pop., 5,346. Houses, 1,189. Many of the inhabitants are employed in factories.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brinnington CP/Tn       Stockport AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Brinnington

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