Altrincham is a township, chapelry, and well built market town, pleasantly situated in a delightful and salubrious part of the County of Cheshire 30 miles N. E. from Chester, 7 miles N. from Knutsford, and 8 miles S. S. W. from Manchester. The situation of the town is dry and remarkably healthy, it contains several good Inns, and has an air of quiet comfort and respectability; in the vicinity are some handsome villa residences.
The township contains 651A.- 3R. 17p. of land, and in 1851 contained 920 houses, and 4888 inhabitants; the population in 1801, 1692; in 1831, 2708; and in 1841, 3399. Rateable value £9452 12s. 2d. The market is held on Tuesday, and the fairs are held on the 29th of April, 5th and 6th of August, and the 22nd of November. The Duke of Bridgewater's canal intersects the township for three-quarters of a mile, and at Broadheath, near the northern entrance to the town, are extensive wharfs.
The Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway, opened in July 1849, takes its course in a line with the canal, and affords additional convenience for the transmission of the industrial products to the market, and has added greatly to the prosperity of the place, by causing numbers of the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester to fix their abode in this pleasant and salubrious locality. The Warrington and Stockport Railway was opened between Altrincham and Warrington on the 1st of November 1853.
