BRAMHALL, a township in the parish of STOCKPORT,
hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of
CHESTER, 3 miles (S. by w.) from Stockport, containing
1359 inhabitants. The lord of this manor, in conjunction
with the lords of the manors of Bredbury, Brinnington,
and Norbury, has, from time immemorial, appointed
the churchwardens of the parish. The manorial
mansion is a curious ancient edifice of timber and brick,
plaistered over, standing on elevated ground: at the
south-east angle is the domestic chapel, apparently of
the time of Richard III., having a flat panelled roof, and
a considerable quantity of painted glass in the windows,
and containing several deceased members of the family
of Davenport.