15 Facts About Poynton

Poynton is a town in Cheshire, England, on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain, 11 miles south-east of Manchester, 7 miles north of Macclesfield and 5 miles south of Stockport.

Poynton has formed part of the Cheshire East unitary authority since the abolition of the Borough of Macclesfield in 2009.

The first mention of the manor of Poynton occurred in the 13th century when it was held under the Earl of Chester by the Poutrells family and then by the de Stockeports, lords of Stockport.

Poynton died childless in 1826 when she left the estate to Frances Maria Warren daughter of Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet.

The Poynton Collieries were substantial, and the coal rights were held by the Warren family who leased them the Wrights and the Claytons.

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The Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway opened in 1869 with stations at Higher Poynton and Middlewood; it closed in 1970, and the line is a footpath called the Middlewood Way.

From 1974 until the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, Poynton was administered by three tiers of local government: the parish council of Poynton-with-Worth, Macclesfield Borough Council and Cheshire County Council.

Poynton-with-Worth was made up of three electoral wards and was created in 1880 by uniting the hitherto separate civil parishes of Poynton and Worth.

Poynton is in the Macclesfield Constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, which was represented by Sir Nicholas Winterton, a Conservative, from 1971 to 2010, and has since been held by David Rutley, a Conservative.

Poynton is located at SJ925835, between the Norbury Brook and the Poynton Brook at the easternmost limit of the Cheshire Plain.

The lower ground, including most of Poynton, is covered by glacial till left by the retreating ice sheet at the close of the last ice age.

Poynton Co-op was founded in 1862, staying independent until February 1992.

Poynton has two Anglican churches: St Martin's, Higher Poynton, and St George's, which occupies a prominent position in the town centre.

The ornamental lake, known locally as Poynton Pool, was created in the 1760s by Sir George Warren, who dammed a tributary of Poynton Brook as part of his landscaping of the park.

Education in Poynton is run by Cheshire East Council; it was formerly run by Cheshire County Council.