Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bowdon

Bowdon, par. and township with ry. sta., mid. Cheshire -- par. (containing Altrincham), 20,254 ac. (164 water), pop. 23,770; township, 850ac., pop. 2559; P.O.; contains Bowdon Downs; P.O. T.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bowdon CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Bowdon

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