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COMPSTALL, a village in Stockport parish, Cheshire; 5 miles E of Stockport. It has a post office under Stockport; and is modern and thriving. Its inhabitants are employed chiefly in cotton works and coal mines.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Stockport AP/CP Cheshire AncC |
Place: | Compstall |
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