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Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. In 2011, it had a population of 8,310. [1] Bollington is on the River Dean and the Macclesfield Canal, on the south-western edge of the Peak ...
Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. Bollington has about 7,030 residents. ... England, United Kingdom, Britain and ...
Bollington. Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire. The village is home to over twenty pubs. Bollington was home to the biggest water wheel in England and only second in Britain to the Laxey wheel in the Isle of Man. The wheel powered huge mills for the production of cotton. Two of the huge mills were the Adelphi and Clarence.
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There is a logical juxtaposition of all that we find here today. Once someone decided to build a mill there was a need for stone with which to construct it, so quarries were opened up. Mills and quarries needed labour so cottages were built and roads laid out with the same stone. Homes needed warmth so coal mining developed. People needed the comfo...
Mills were developed by imaginative entrepreneurs (see the section on mills). They were risky enterprises and several failed. Those that became profitable enabled the mill owners and operators to build their grand houses around the town (see the section on houses) – Ingersley Hall (Gaskell), originally built as a farm house in 1774 before Bollingto...
It is interesting to note that it is our generation (late 20thC, early 21stC) that is enjoying the real benefits of the tree planting of more than a century ago with the fine stands of mature trees we find all around the town today. What will it look like in another century when these trees have gone and all we have left for the future is a town fu...
Some of the best known people of more recent times are recorded in the obituary section. Click here to go to the index page.
Our thanks go to those who researched and discovered the history that is presented in these pages. Please read the full acknowledgement of their remarkable achievement. Unless otherwise noted, the historical pictures are from the Civic Society picture collection at the Discovery Centre and also available online.
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