Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALE

HALE, a township in Bowden parish, Cheshire; near the river Bollin, 2 miles SE of Altrincham. It has a post office under Manchester. Acres, 3, 679. Real property, £9, 236. Pop. in 1851, 995; in 1861, 1, 160. Houses, 236. The manor belongs to the Earl of Stamford.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC
Place: Hale

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