Poynton is a town within the civil Parish of Poynton–with–Worth, and the unitary authority area of Cheshire East. For ceremonial purposes it is part of the County of Cheshire.
The name of Poynton is of Old English derivation, indicating ancient settlement by the Anglo Saxons. From the late Middle Ages until the collieries were closed in 1935, coal was mined in Poynton.
The first mention of the Manor of Poynton is in 1289.
Urbanisation and socio-economic development necessitated better transport links; these came with an extension of the Macclesfield Canal in 1826; the Manchester and Birmingham railway in 1845 and the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway in 1869. Today Poynton lies to the South of the A6 and is linked to Macclesfiled by the A523. Poynton railway station provides excellent links to Manchester and Stoke on Trent via the West Coast Main Line.
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