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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

BRINNINGTON

• Brinnington was a township in Stockport ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9192), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1902 and incorporated into Bredbury, with the greater part of its area having been added to Stockport in 1901.
• It includes the hamlets of May Croft and Portwood
• The population was 890 in 1801, 5203 in 1851, and 98 in 1901.

For the period after 1902, see Bredbury and Stockport.

Boundary Changes

• 1894 — Lost part of the Portwood area to Stockport (pop. 6528 in 1901)
• 1901 November 9 — Lost the rest of the Portwood part to Stockport (pop. 1197 in 1911)
• 1902 September 30 — Abolished and incorporated into Bredbury (pop. 82 in 1911)

Churches and Chapels

• Stockport: St. Mary the Virgin (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Brinnington.
• Portwood: St. Paul (Church of England). The district church for part of Brinnington in 1844, and extended to include the remainder of Brinnington in 1876.
• Brinnington: St. Luke the Evangelist (Church of England). Built in 1959 as a chapel to Bredbury: St. Mark, becoming the district church for Brinnington in 1963.
• Brinnington: St. Bernardette (Roman Catholic). Founded in 1957.

See also Stockport.

Local Government Districts

• Stockport Municipal Borough (partly, 1835-89) *
• Stockport Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) *
• Stockport Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94)
• Stockport County Borough (partly, 1889-94) *
• Stockport Rural District (1894-1902)

* The part in Stockport Municipal Borough (1835-89), Stockport County Borough (1889-94) and Stockport Urban Sanitary District (1875-89) was added to the civil parish of Stockport in 1894.

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• East Cheshire (1868-85)
• Hyde (1885-1902)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Stockport (County) (wholly, 1828-35 and 1894-1902 ; partly, 1835-94) *
• Stockport (Borough) (partly, 1835-94) *

* The part in Stockport (Borough) (1835-94) was added to the civil parish of Stockport in 1894.

Poor Law Unions

• Stockport (1837-1902)

Registration Districts

• Stockport (1837-1902)

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