Bowdon, Cheshire
| Bowdon, Hale | |
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 Bowdon Parish Church |
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 Bowdon, Hale
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| Bowdon, Hale shown within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 9,228 (2011) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ALTRINCHAM |
| Postcode district | WA14 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Bowdon is an village and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Along with Hale, it is an affluent area, similar to Wilmslow and other towns in the Golden Triangle. The ward of Bowdon is mostly rural and encompasses a number of small villages including Dunham Massey, owned by the National Trust. The ward population increased from 8,806 in 2006 to 9,228 at the 2011 census.
Both Bowdon and Dunham Massey are mentioned in the Domesday Book, citing the existence of a church and a mill in Bowdon, and Dunham Massey is identified as Doneham: Hamo de Mascy.
The name Bowdon came from Anglo-Saxon Boga-dūn = "bow (weapon)-hill" or "curved hill".
Both areas came under Hamo de Masci in Norman times. His base was a wooden castle at Dunham. Watch Hill Castle was built on the border between Bowdon and Dunham Massey between the Norman Conquest and the 13th century. The timber castle most likely belonged to Hamo de Mascy; the castle had fallen out of use by the 13th century. The last Hamo de Masci died in 1342. The Black Death came to the area in 1348. Before 1494 the ruins of the castle at Dunham were acquired by Sir Robert Booth. In 1750, this and the other Booth estates passed to the Earl of Stamford by his marriage to Lady Mary Booth. The 10th and last Earl of Stamford died in 1976, who bequeathed Dunham Massey and his Carrington estates to the National Trust.
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