Dunham Town

Human settlement in England

Dunham Massey

Metropolitan borough

Trafford

Greater Manchester

Region

North West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townALTRINCHAMPostcode districtWA14Dialling code0161PoliceGreater ManchesterFire Greater Manchester Ambulance North West UK Parliament

Altrincham and Sale West

List of places: UK; England; Greater Manchester

53°23′17″N 2°23′24″W / 53.388°N 2.390°W / 53.388; -2.390

Dunham Town is a village in the civil parish of Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It was historically a part of Cheshire.

History

Dunham Town previously formed part of the parish of Bowdon, in the hundred of Bucklow.^[1]

Geography

Dunham Town is in the Bowdon ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford.

Neighbouring settlements include Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham Woodhouses, Little Bollington and Partington.

Dunham Park lies to the south of the village. It was designated a site of special scientific interest in 1965 because of its biological content. Dunham Park has been managed by the National Trust since 1976.

References

^ "Dunham Massey Tn/CP Cheshire through time: Administrative history of Parish-level Unit: hierarchies, boundaries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2009.

"Dunham Park citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 15 February 2007.