Stockport Etchells, Cheshire
Historical Description
Etchells or Stockport Etchells, a township in Stockport parish, Cheshire, near the river Mersey, 1 mile from Cheadle station on the L. & N.W.R. and Cheshire Lines railway, and 4 miles SW by W of Stockport. It is contained in the ecclesiastical parish of Gatley. Acreage, 1572; population, 1444. The Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital is situated here.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.