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308 KNUTSFORD.Alderley Edge Da.y School-Andrew Brown,master; Martha Birch, mistress ofIn..fant School.Post Office-Thomas Henshaw, postmaster.-Letters from Manchester arrive at 1a.m. and 4.24 p.m.; dispatched at 1UAlderleN Edge Library and Reading Room- a.m. and 7.11> p.m. Thisis also amoneyWilIiam Meldrum, librarian.order office and savings bank.. STYAL is a hamlet in the township of Pownall Fee, Wilmslow parish, Altrinchamunion, If miles from the Handforth station, on the London and North Western line ofRailway, 9 from Macclesfield, and 7 from Stockport. The river Bollin runs through thi,hamJet, and on its banks is an extensive cotton manufactory, the property of, and workedby, Messrs. Robert Greg and Co. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. There i••Mechanics J Institution in the village.Gentry.Burgess Mr. Henry .Greg Edward, Esq., Quarry bankGreg Robert Hyde, Esq., Norcliffe HallGreg Mr. Henry Russell, Lode hillHarding Samuel TuJIley, Esq.Outram J. C., Esq.Souchy Charles, Esq.Trumpler Mr. Charles, The HomeTrades and Prtifessi4ns.Barlow James, farmerBarnshaw James, tailorBarrow John, farmerBrown J ohu, gamekeeperDownes Peter, beer retailerGratrix James, farmerGreg Rohert and Co., cotton spinnersHenshall George, grocerHenshul1 J oseph, blacksmithHewitt Jahn, farmerHewitt Thomas. farmerRobsOD George, farmerHope James, bricklayerHope Thomas, carrierMiddleton Mrs. Hannah, farmerMoss Thomas, day schoolPears James, farmerPlatt William, farmerPotts Jobn, farmerPownall Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeperScott Francis, farmer and caITierTurner Walter, farmerVenables Robert, farmerWalkden Jahn, farmerWalton Waiter, "Old Ship"Watkinson Joseph, farmerWorthington Thomas, farmer, The GreenLetters through Handforth.KNUTSFORD.KNUTSFORD is a parish in .Altrincham union, compri.ing the townships of BEnoy,lU.'"UTSFORD SUPERIOR, KKUTSFORD h,"FERIOR, OLLERTOK, and Ton, containing altogether,by the census of 1861, 4194 inhabitants, and 4832 acres; in the east division of the hun.dred of Bucklow, North Cheshire.lL,,"UTSFORD INFERIOR, or NETHER KNUTSFORD, is a township of the aboveparish, in Altrincbam union, containing. by the census of 1861, 3485 inhabitants, and156 acres·; in the east division of Bucklow hundred, Frodsham deanery, archdeaconry anddiocese of Chester, North Cheshirej 15 miles south-west from Manchester,24 north-eastfrom Chester, 29 south-east from Liverpool, and 172 from London. The na.me of thisplace is derived from the fact of King Canute having crossed the Birken (a small brookin th:5 neighbourhood) with his army after a battle, hence it was called Canvte's ford, ofwhich the present name is a corruption" The town is of great antiqljity, and about 1292William de Tabley, the then lord of the manor, procured a charter for holding a. marketon a Saturday, and fairs for three days on the festivals of St. Peter and St. Paul. Tbemarket is still held on tha.t day, and fairs are no,v held on 23rd April, Whit-Tuesday. and8th November. The town has considerably improved during the past half century, and arailway from Altrincham and Manchester was opened in August. 1862, which was con·tinued to Northwich, in January, 1863, and is now in the course offormatioD from t~enceto Chester. The proximity to Manchl?ster, and the facilities afforded by the ratlwaycommunication, will no doubt tend to improve and increase this town. TheCountyGao!,which is situated here, is an extensive building on the London Road, capable of holdi~g- upwards of 800. inmates; it also contains an excellent Sessions Hall, at 'which the m~·tr"tea for the eaat division of Bucklow hundred hold their meetings alternately mth