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ASHLEY, a township in Bowdon parish, Cheshire; on the Knutsford and Altrincham railway, near the river Bollin, 2½ miles S of Altrincham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Manchester. Acres, 2,173. Real property, £3,900. Pop., 375. Houses, 59. Ashley Hall was a place of councils against the canse of the rebellion in 1715. A school church was built in 1864; and a Wesleyan chapel in 1839.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ashley Parish Bowdon Parish Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ashley |
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