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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

POWNALL FEE

• Pownall Fee was a township in Wilmslow ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 8985), which became a civil parish in 1866.

• The civil parish was abolished in 1894 to become parts of Wilmslow and Styal.

• The population was 1122 in 1801 and 1907 in 1851.

For the period after 1894, see Wilmslow and Styal.

Boundary Changes

• 1883 — Lost detached part No.1 to Bollinfee (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1891) and detached part No.3 to Fulshaw (less than 1 acre, pop. 37 in 1891)
• 1888 March 24 — Lost detached No.4 part to Bollinfee (63 acres, pop. 28 in 1891, including Lindon Grove Academy and Leigh's Farm), and detached part No.2 to Fulshaw (5 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
• 1894 — Abolished and divided between Styal (pop. 1153 in 1901) and Wilmslow (pop. 2750 in 1901)

Churches and Chapels

See Wilmslow.

Local Government Districts

• Altrincham Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) *
• Chorley Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-88) **
• Wilmslow Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1875-94) ***

* The part in Altrincham Rural Sanitary District (1875-94) became the civil parish of Styal in 1894.
** The part in Chorley Urban Sanitary District (1875-88) became part of the civil parish of Bollinfee in 1888.
*** The part in Wilmslow Urban Sanitary District (1875-94) became part of the civil parish of Wilmslow in 1894.

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• East Cheshire (1868-85)
• Knutsford (1885-94)

Petty Sessional Divisions

Prestbury (1828-1894)

Poor Law Unions

• Altrincham (1836-94)

Registration Districts

• Altrincham (1837-94)

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