COMPSTALL, a village in the parish of STOCKPORT,
hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER,
5 miles from Stockport, containing about 1600 inhabitants,
of which, 1200 are employed in spinning, powerloom-
weaving, bleaching, and printing, and the remainder
at the extensive coal-works in the neighbourhood.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
Twenty-five years ago, Compstall consisted of only a
few straggling cottages, but, since the establishment of
the cotton manufacture, it has been gradually rising to
its present thriving condition.