Local Area

Poynton

Poynton is a town within the civil Parish of Poynton –with –Worth, and the unitary authority area of Cheshire East. For ceremonial purposes it is part of the County of Cheshire.

The name of Poynton is of Old English derivation, indicating ancient settlement by the Anglo Saxons. From the late Middle Ages until the collieries were closed in 1935, coal was mined in Poynton.

The first mention of the Manor of Poynton is in 1289.

Urbanisation and socio-economic development necessitated better transport links; these came with an extension of the Macclesfield Canal in 1826; the Manchester and Birmingham railway in 1845 and the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway in 1869. Today Poynton lies to the South of the A6 and is linked to Macclesfiled by the A523. Poynton railway station provides excellent links to Manchester and Stoke on Trent via the West Coast Main Line.

From the 1870’s private housebuilding gathered pace and gradually Poynton became a commuter town for those working in the Manchester conurbation. Since the second World War, several housing estates have been built and the population has more than trebled since 1945.

The Poynton Show is held every August Bank Holiday weekend. It offers a full range of activities in the main arena, a fairground, exhibitions and competitive events.

Poynton Park, known locally as Poynton pool is an artificial lake, constructed in the 1760s by Sir George Warren who dammed a tributary of the Poynton brook, as part of a landscaping project.

Poynton is twinned with Erd in Hungary.

More information on Poynton can be found at the Poynton Village Community Website www.poyntonweb.co.uk

Bramhall

Bramhall is  suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

Research by the University of Sheffield has placed Bramhall as the “least lonely” place in Britain. Bramhall is also regarded as an affluent area and the SK7 postcode emerged on a postcode “rich list” as the fourth most expensive place to buy a house in Greater Manchester.

The manor of Bramhall dates from the Saxon period and the earliest reference to Bramhall was in the Domesday Book in 1086 when it was referred to as Bramale, a name derived from the Old English words brom meaning broom and halh meaning nook or secret place, probably by water.

The 1960’s and early 1970’s saw rapid growth in housing stock with the construction of four main housing estates called Parkside, New House Farm, Dairyground and Little Australia.

Bramhall Park is a 70 acre park situated in Bramhall, as is Bramhall Hall, one of the finest examples of 14th Century Cheshire buildings.

More information on Bramhall can be found at the Bramhall Village Community Website at www.bramhallweb.co.uk