Dunham Town
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| map_type = Greater Manchester
| coordinates = {{coord|53.388|-2.390|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Dunham Town
| population =
| metropolitan_borough = Trafford
| metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = Altrincham and Sale West
| post_town = ALTRINCHAM
| postcode_district = WA14
| postcode_area = WA
| dial_code = 0161
| os_grid_reference = SJ740880
| civil_parish = Dunham Massey
| static_image_name = St. Mark's Church.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Mark's Church, Dunham Town
| london_distance =
}}
Dunham Town is a village in the civil parish of Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It was historically a part of Cheshire.
History
Dunham Town previously formed part of the parish of Bowdon, in the hundred of Bucklow.{{cite web | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10044996&c_id=10001043 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919100618/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10044996&c_id=10001043 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-09-19 | title=Dunham Massey Tn/CP Cheshire through time: Administrative history of Parish-level Unit: hierarchies, boundaries | work=A Vision of Britain through Time | publisher=University of Portsmouth & others | year=2008 | accessdate=2009-01-28 }}
Geography
Dunham Town is in the Bowdon ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford.
Neighbouring settlements include Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham Woodhouses, Little Bollington and Partington.
Dunham Park lies to the south of the village. It was designated a site of special scientific interest in 1965 because of its biological content. Dunham Park has been managed by the National Trust since 1976.
See also
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References
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{{Cite web | title= Dunham Park citation sheet | work= English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002940.pdf | accessdate=2007-02-15}}
External links
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- [http://www.trafford.gov.uk/ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council]
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