Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OUGHTRINGTON

OUGHTRINGTON, a hamlet in Lymm parish, Cheshire; on the Bridgewater canal, 5½ miles W S W of Altrincham. Oughtrington Hall was formerly the seat of T. Trafford, Esq.; is now the seat of A. F. Payne, Esq.; is a handsome stone edifice, after designs by Harrison; and commands an extensive and beautiful view.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lymm CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Oughtrington

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