Bramhall

BRAMHALL, a township, in the parish and union of Stockport, hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Stockport; containing 1396 inhabitants. The township comprises 2481 acres; the soil is chiefly clay. The manorial mansion is a curious edifice of timber and brick plastered over; it stands on elevated ground, and possesses great interest, as part of the wooden building is supposed to date as far back as the reign of John. At the south-east angle is the domestic chapel, apparently of the time of Richard III., having a flat panelled roof, and a considerable quantity of painted glass in the windows, and containing the remains of several deceased members of the family of Davenport, the branch of which residing at this seat became extinct in 1829.