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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Torkington like this:
TORKINGTON, a township in Stockport parish, Cheshire; 3¼ miles SE of Stockport. Acres, 820. Real property, £1,627. Pop., 218. Houses, 43.
Torkington is now part of STOCKPORT District. Click here for graphs and data of how STOCKPORT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Torkington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torkington, in Stockport and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22630
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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