In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bramhall like this:
BRAMHALL, or Bramall, a township in Stockport parish, Cheshire; on the Manchester and Macclesfield railway, 2½ miles S of Stockport. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 3,250. Real property, £7,819. Pop., 1,615. Houses, 331-Bramhall House, now the seat of the Davenports, belonged formerly to the Bramhales; is a fine timbered edifice of the 16th century, partly modernized; and contains portraits of Sir A. Legh, and many ancient interesting objects. There are a cotton mill, a silk mill, a police station, and Independent and wesleyan chapels.
Bramhall through time
Bramhall is now part of Stockport district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stockport has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bramhall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bramhall, in Stockport and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22451
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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