Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COMPSTALL

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))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stockport AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Compstall

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