Altrincham is a clean market town, in the parish of Bowdon and in the hundred of Bucklow: it is 183 miles from London, 30 from Chester, 9 from Stockport, and 8 from Manchester. The chapel of ease (to Bowdon) is a brick erection, built by subscription in 1799. In its external and internal appearance it possesses nothing remarkable, but is plain and neat, correspondent with the appearance of the town, which is that of uncommon cleanliness, and through which an air of quiet comfort and respectability is pleasingly apparent. The curacy of the chapel is in the presentation of the vicar of Bowdon, and the Rev. Oswald Leicester is the present incumbent. Here are also chapels for the Wesleyans, unitarians, and those of the new connexion; two Sunday schools and a savings bank. A court leet is held by the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, (who is lord of the manor), when the mayor and constables are chosen for the whole barony of Dunham. Although the chief officer is dignified with the title of mayor, he does not exercise any magisterial functions. The privileges attached to this town were granted by Hammond de Massey, in the time of Edward I, when a guild mercatory, i.e. a society for free traffic was granted to the townsmen, and freedom from tolls throughout the barony, right of pasturage, &c. Dunham park is the principal seat of consequence in the immediate neighbourhood, but there are many delightful residences possessed by oppulent individuals which border the town, the gardens of which are laid out with great taste. The town is about a mile in length, at the extremity of which passes the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, where is also the Navigation Inn and Packet House, where passengers receive every accommodation while waiting for the packets. Here are some manufactures of thread, woolen yarn, bobbin turning, &c. and a power loom factory; but agriculture is the chief employment of the labouring class here, the produce of the gardens, &c. assisting to supply the Manchester markets. The situation of the town is dry and healthy, the views, upon the high grounds about Bowdon, extensive and pleasing, and the soil remarkably productive. Market day is on Tuesday. Fairs are April 29th, August 5th and 6th, and November 22nd, principally for cattle, toys, &c. The population, in 1821, was 2302, but it has since increased to about 3000.