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PARTINGTON, a village and a township in Bowdon parish, Cheshire. The village stands on the river Mersey, at the boundary with Lancashire, 4 miles W N W of Altrincham; is a scattered place; and has a post-office under Manchester. The township comprises 803 acres. Real property, £2, 511. Pop., 445. Houses, 96. The manor belongs to the Earl of Stamford. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, and a large paper mill.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bowdon Parish Partington Parish Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Partington |
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