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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portwood like this:
PORTWOOD, a chapelry in Stockport parish, Cheshire; on the river Mersey at the boundary with Lancashire, and within Stockport borough. It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Stockport. Pop. in 1861, 5, 346. Houses, 1, 189. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300. Patron, alternatelythe Crown and the Bishop. The church is a recent stoneedifice, and has a handsome lofty spire.
Portwood is now part of STOCKPORT District. Click here for graphs and data of how STOCKPORT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Portwood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Portwood, in Stockport and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24482
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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