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Bowdon is a suburb of Altrincham and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. History.
Just a mile or so away from the shops and restaurants of busy Hale and Altrincham, Bowdon is an area that doesn’t shout about its affluence...and as one of the most desirable residential districts in the Cheshire area it really doesn’t need to.
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Bowdon Cheshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bowdon like this: BOWDON, or Bowden, a village, a township, and a parish in Altrincham district, Cheshire.
Bowdon stands on a ridge which rises above the Cheshire Plain, attached to Atringcham's area but at the edge of the open countryside. It has been described as an affluent and attractive place to live.
Bowdon, also a township in Bowdon ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 7586), became a civil parish in 1866. Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Greater Manchester. It includes the hamlet of Rosehill. The population was 340 in 1801, 1164 in 1851, 2788 in 1901, 3529 in 1951, and 6079 in 2001.
