POYNTON, a chapelry in the parish of PRESTBURY,
hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER,
Similes (S. S. E.) from Stockport, containing 540
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with
£200 private benefaction, and £800 royal bounty, and
in the patronage of Sir George Warren, Bart. The
chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt, in 1789, by
the late Sir George Warren, Bart., K.B., and some of the
windows exhibit the arms of the Warren .and Bulkeley
families, in stained glass. A school-house was built by
subscription in 1703. There are several collieries in the
neighbourhood. A court baron is held twice a year.