See also:

• ALTRINCHAM, or ALTRINGIIAM (and so pronounced)

ALTRINCHAM, or ALTRINGIIAM (and so pronounced)  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• ALTRINCHAM, or ALTRINGIIAM (and so pronounced)

Altrincham See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 8 m . S.W. by S. of See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, on the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western, Manchester, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Junction & Altrincham and Cheshire Lines See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (1901) 16,831 . Many residences in the locality are occupied by those whose business lies in Manchester, who are attracted by the healthy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and the vicinity of Bowdon See also:

• DOWNS

Downs and Dunham See also:

• MASSEY, GERALD (1828-r9o7)
• MASSEY, SIR EDWARD (c. 1619-c. 1674)

Massey See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods . Market gardening is carried on, large quantities of See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers being grown for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale in Manchester . See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet-making is also practised; and there are sawmills, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundries, and manufactures of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• YARN

yarn and worsted . Altrincham (Aldringham) was originally included in the See also:

• BARONY

barony of Dunham Massey, one of the eight baronies founded by See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester, after the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest . An undated See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from Hamc de Massey, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the barony, in the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I., constituted Altrincham a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, with a gild See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, the customs of See also:

• MACCLESFIELD
• MACCLESFIELD, CHARLES GERARD, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1618-1694)

Macclesfield, the right to elect See also:

• REEVES, JOHN SIMS (1818-1900)

reeves and bailiffs for the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council and other privileges . In 1290 the same Hamo obtained a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of a Tuesday market and a three days' See also:

• FAIR

fair at the feast of the See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

Assumption of the Virgin; but in 1319, by a charter from Edward II., the date of the fair was changed to the feast of St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James the Apostle . A See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Altrincham is mentioned by name in 1452, but the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office probably existed See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before this date; it has now for centuries been a purely nominal See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty consisting in the opening of the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual fairs . The See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in worsted and woollen yarns, which formerly furnished employment to a large See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, has now completely declined, partly owing to the introduction of Irish worsted . See See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• HISTORY

History, Cheshire; See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• INGHAM, CHARLES CROMWELL (1796—1863)

Ingham, History of Altrincham and Bowdon (Altrincham, 1879) .