Editing Bollington

{{Short description|Town in Cheshire, England}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Little Bollington]] (formerly Bollington) near Bowdon, Altrincham}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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| country                  = England
| official_name            = Bollington
| label_position           = left
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.298|-2.093|scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| population_ref           = 7,944 (Parish, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington parish |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/cheshire_east/E04010910__bollington/ |website=City Population |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref><br>{{nowrap|7,235 (Built up area, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=www.ons.gov.uk|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}
| civil_parish             = Bollington
| unitary_england          = [[Cheshire East]]
| lieutenancy_england      = [[Cheshire]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield]]
| post_town                = MACCLESFIELD
| postcode_district        = SK10
| postcode_area            = SK
| dial_code                = 01625
| os_grid_reference        = SJ9377
| static_image_name        = Bollington.jpg
| static_image_caption     = A view over Bollington from [[White Nancy]], looking north
| website                  = {{URL|bollington-tc.gov.uk}}
}}
'''Bollington''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in [[Cheshire]], England, to the east of [[Prestbury, Cheshire|Prestbury]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], it was part of the [[Earl of Chester]]'s manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. At the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], the parish had a population of 7,944 and the built up area had a population of 7,235.

Bollington is on the [[River Dean]] and the [[Macclesfield Canal]], on the south-western edge of the [[Peak District]]. Rising above the town on [[Kerridge Hill]] is [[White Nancy]], a monument built to commemorate the [[Battle of Waterloo]].

== History ==
[[File:Clarence Mill, Bollington, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 574490.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Clarence Mill, and the Macclesfield Canal|[[Clarence Mill]], and the [[Macclesfield Canal]]]]
From the late 18th through to the mid-20th centuries, Bollington was a major centre for [[Cotton-spinning machinery|cotton-spinning]]. Waterhouse Mill, now demolished, off Wellington Road, once spun the finest cotton in the world, and was sought after by [[lace]] makers in [[Nottingham]] and in [[Brussels]], Belgium.

[[Clarence Mill]] still stands. The lower floors remain commercial but the upper floors have been converted into apartments. One of the oldest surviving mills in Bollington is the very small Defiance Mill, built in Queen Street about 1800 and now restored for residential occupation.

There is a large [[coated paper|paper coating]] mill on the site of Lower Mills. The original mill was built by George Antrobus in 1792 but very little of those buildings remain. A stone-built traditional mill still survives amongst the 20thC brick and 21stC steel developments. In the 1830s and 1840s this mill was rented to Thomas Oliver and Martin Swindells for the production of fine cotton thread for the lace-making industry. Lowerhouse Mill (Antrobus, 1819, later occupied by [[Samuel Greg (junior)|Samuel Greg Jnr]]) also remains as an industrial mill, also producing coated papers.

The other remaining mill is Adelphi Mill (Swindells, 1856), which is today entirely commercial.

In 1801, the population was 1,231. In 1851, the population was 4,655. In 1901, it had grown to 5,245. Population growth slowed during the mid-20th century such that by 1951 the population was 5,644. By 2001 the population had reached 7,095, and in 2011 it was 8,310.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/bollington2|title=Genuki: BOLLINGTON (near Macclesfield), Cheshire|last=GENUKI|website=www.genuki.org.uk|language=en|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>

== Governance ==
There are two tiers of local government covering Bollington, at civil parish (town) and [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: Bollington Town Council and [[Cheshire East Council]]. The town council is based at the Town Hall on Wellington Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Town Council |url=https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/contact/ |website= www.bollington-tc.gov.uk|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

The town falls within the Westminster constituency of [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield]], which has represented by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] MP [[Tim Roca]] since 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidrutley.org.uk/|title=Official website |publisher=[[David Rutley|David Rutley MP]] |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

=== Administrative history ===
Bollington was historically a [[Township (England)|township]] in the [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|ancient parish]] of [[Prestbury, Cheshire|Prestbury]], which formed part of the [[Macclesfield Hundred]] of Cheshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Township / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10200350 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=[[Great Britain Historical GIS]] / [[University of Portsmouth]] |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the [[English Poor Laws|Poor Laws]], in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Prestbury, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Bollington became a [[civil parish]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Youngs |first1=Frederic |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume II, Northern England |date=1991 |publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] |location=[[London]] |isbn=0861931270 |page=xv}}</ref>

Bollington was made a [[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] in 1862, governed by an elected local board. Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Cheshire |date=1914 |page=189 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/235386/rec/3 |publisher= [[Kelly's Directory]] |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

Bollington Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167139#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Urban District Council |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c6b4114c-fcdd-4bf2-9b5e-b68f09a35c6e |website=Discovery |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> A [[successor parish]] called Bollington was established covering the same area as the abolished urban district, with its parish council taking the name Bollington Town Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1110|access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref> District-level functions passed to [[Macclesfield (borough)|Macclesfield Borough Council]]. In 2009, Cheshire East Council was created, taking over the functions of the borough council and [[Cheshire County Council]], which were both abolished.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008|year=2008|number=634|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref>

== Services and provisions ==
[[Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service]] have a retained fire station in Bollington. The town has a medical practice on Wellington Road, and a dental surgery on Bollington Road. The town does not have its own police station; policing is provided by the [[Cheshire Constabulary]]. The town has a small yet thriving local retail community, with two bakers, two butchers, a [[delicatessen]], a newsagent, a florist, and two convenience stores: [[Co-op Food|Co-op]] and [[Tesco]]. The town has several notable take-aways, restaurants, wine bars, and coffee shops, along with around ten traditional public houses.

The [[Holly Bush, Bollington|Holly Bush]] pub was built in about 1935 and is a rare example of an almost intact "Brewer's Tudor" style pub from this period, and is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1413988|desc= The Holly Bush, Bollington|access-date= 17 August 2014}}</ref>

== Education ==
Bollington is served by four primary schools. The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] school of St Gregory is on Albert Road, along with the secular Dean Valley Community Primary School. The [[Church of England]] has two schools in the town, St John the Baptist Church of England on Grimshaw Lane, and at Bollington Cross, St Oswald's Primary School. Secondary-aged students travel to [[Tytherington School]], [[The Fallibroome Academy]], [[King's School, Macclesfield|The Kings School]], All Hallows Catholic College, all in Macclesfield, and [[Poynton High School]].

== Sport ==
The recreation ground, across the road from the Civic Hall and library, provides a football pitch, bowling green, tennis court and cricket pitch, all of which are in regular use by Bollington Town F.C., Bollington Cricket Club,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bollingtoncricketclub/|title=Bollington Cricket Club|website=www.pitchero.com|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> Bollington Athletics Club, and the Bollington Bowling Club. A further cricket pitch located along Clarke Lane, by The Lord Clyde pub, is home to Kerridge Cricket Club. Bollington has a hockey club, which plays on the King's School [[AstroTurf]] pitches. There are a number of other sporting activity groups including cycling, walking, and swimming.

Other activities are based at the Bollington Health and Leisure Centre at Heath Road, Bollington Cross and The Capelli Sports Ground, the home of Bollington United Football Club and Bollington Health and Leisure Football Club.

The football club's crest features [[White Nancy]], a significant landmark within the Bollington area.

Perhaps because of its proximity to the home of [[British Cycling]] and its location between the flat Cheshire plains and the hillier [[Peak District]], Bollington is home to a number of professional [[Road bicycle racing|road]] and [[Track cycling|track]] cyclists, notably [[Adam Blythe]] and [[Ethan Vernon]].<ref>https://x.com/adamblythe89</ref>

== Landmarks ==
Bollington is notable for [[White Nancy]], a stone folly located on top of Kerridge Hill. At c.6m high and painted white, this 1817 monument to victory at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] is visible from as far away as [[Shropshire]] and the western hills of [[Cheshire]]. It originally had an entrance to the interior where the visitor would find a single room with stone benches and a round table. However, vandalism reportedly prompted the closure of the entrance sometime in the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCrum|first=Kirstie|date=2020-05-01|title=All you need to know about White Nancy|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/you-need-know-white-nancy-18186509|access-date=2021-10-19|website=[[Chester Chronicle|CheshireLive]]|language=en}}</ref>

The big mills, [[Clarence Mill|Clarence]], Adelphi and Lowerhouse, are notable examples of 19th-century mill buildings in the northwest of England.

== Culture ==
[[File:St Oswald's Church Bollington 3.jpg|thumb|upright|[[St Oswald's Church, Bollington|St Oswald's Church]]]]
The town has several churches. The parish [[St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington|Church of St John the Baptist]] closed in 2006, leaving [[St Oswald's Church, Bollington|St Oswald's Church]] in Bollington Cross as the only Anglican church. St Gregory's Church on Wellington Road is the Roman Catholic place of worship in the town. The Grade-II [[listed building|listed]] [[Bollington Methodist Church|Methodist church]] on Wellington Road has been closed to worship and has been sold.

In 2005 Canalside Community Radio was launched to provide community news and entertainment for the duration of the festival. Cousins [[John Waite|John]] and [[Terry Waite]] opened the 2005 [[Bollington Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canalsideradio.net/|title=Canalside Community Radio|website=www.canalsideradio.net|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref> together with the Discovery Centre. In December 2008 Canalside Radio began broadcasting to northeast Cheshire on 102.8 FM having obtained a full-time licence after five years of trying.

Hiking, cycling and riding through the hills around Bollington and along the [[Macclesfield Canal]] towpath as well as the [[Middlewood Way]] (a disused railway) are popular activities. Boats and bikes can be hired for day-trips and holidays at Grimshaw Lane canal [[wharf]]. The [[Peak District Boundary Walk]] runs through the town,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=[[Friends of the Peak District]]|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}</ref> as does the [[Gritstone Trail]].

The town has many traditional public houses, most of which have not been modernised.

=== Events ===
[[File:Bollington Festival 2005.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bollington Festival]] 2005]]
Every five or six years since 1964, the town hosts the [[Bollington Festival]], which runs for two and a half weeks and involves a wide variety of community activities, from concerts, theatrical, opera, art exhibitions, to local history events, science events and competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollingtonfestival.org.uk/|title=Bollington Festival|website=www.bollingtonfestival.org.uk|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> The last Festival was in 2019 and the next is scheduled for 2026 (delayed by [[COVID-19]] and the financial environment).

In September each year a ten-day Walking Festival promotes exercise and fresh air while taking in the beauty of the surrounding countryside, the western hills of the [[Peak District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollingtonwalkingfestival.co.uk |title=Welcome to the Walking Festival |publisher=Bollington Walking Festival |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

Bollington hosts an annual 'Carols around the Christmas Tree' on Christmas Eve each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/events/view/35/carols-around-the-christmas-tree-christmas-eve-6pm |title=Carols around the Christmas Tree Christmas Eve 6pm |archive-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226020904/https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/events/view/35/carols-around-the-christmas-tree-christmas-eve-6pm |publisher=Bollington Town Council |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

At mid-day on Christmas Day each year a brass band play at White Nancy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/events/view/40/bollington-brass-band-at-white-nancy-christmas-day-12-noon |archive-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226234943/https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/events/view/40/bollington-brass-band-at-white-nancy-christmas-day-12-noon |title=Bollington Brass Band at White Nancy Christmas Day 12 noon |publisher=Bollington Town Council |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

=== Societies and organisations ===
Bollington has a branch of the [[Women's Institute]], which meets regularly while retired gentlemen may meet at the weekly [[Probus Clubs|Probus]], and likewise the ladies at their monthly Probus.

The Guide and Scout movements are all represented.  Bollington United Junior Football Club (JFC) has three clubs for children ranging from under-10s to under-17s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollingtonunited.co.uk/|title=Bollington United JFC|website=www.bollingtonunited.co.uk|access-date=25 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025175659/http://www.bollingtonunited.co.uk/|archive-date=25 October 2008}}</ref> 
Bollington is home to 236 Squadron<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.236atc.co.uk/|title=Bollington Air Cadets – 236 Bollington Squadron|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> of the [[Royal Air Force]]'s [[Air Training Corps]], which has its headquarters on Shrigley Road. The Squadron had close links with 42(R) (formerly 236 OCU) of the Royal Air Force before the latter was disbanded in the government defence review in 2010. The [[Sea Cadets (United Kingdom)|Sea Cadets]] is for 10‑&nbsp;to&nbsp;18‑year‑olds. The Bollington and Macclesfield Sea Cadets also have a unit website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sea-cadets.org/bollington|title=Bollington and Macclesfield Sea Cadets|website=www.sea-cadets.org|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref>

There are numerous artistic, musical and theatrical groups<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.happyvalley.org.uk/organisations|title=Organisations & Services|access-date=24 September 2018|website=www.happyvalley.org.uk}}</ref> all providing popular exhibitions and performances. Many of these are held at the Bollington Arts Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk/|title=Bollington Arts Centre|website=www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref>

== Transport ==
=== Road ===
Bollington is {{convert|2|mi|km}} from the [[A523 road]] that runs from [[Hazel Grove]], through [[Macclesfield]] to [[Leek, Staffordshire|Leek]] in [[Staffordshire]]. The nearest motorway junctions are J17 and 19 ([[Congleton]] and [[Knutsford]]) on the [[M6 motorway|M6]], and J1 (Stockport) on the [[M60 motorway (Great Britain)|M60]].<ref>''Philip's Street Atlas Cheshire'' page VII, {{ISBN|978-1-84907-126-0}}</ref>

=== Bus ===
Regular bus services connect Bollington with Macclesfield, Hazel Grove and [[Stockport]], operated by [[D&G Bus]]. However, all public transport ends before 7pm.

=== Railway ===
Bollington no longer has its own railway station; the nearest being in [[Macclesfield]], for inter-city trains to [[London]] and [[Manchester]], and [[Prestbury, Cheshire|Prestbury]] for local stopping trains.

[[File:Bollington Station 1844978 80d6cbbd.jpg|thumb|Bollington railway station, 1960]]Bollington used to be served by the [[Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway|Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway]], which operated between [[Rose Hill Marple railway station|Rose Hill Marple]] and [[Macclesfield railway station|Macclesfield]]. The railway was built in 1869 by the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]] (MS&LR) and the [[North Staffordshire Railway]] (NSR), as a part of a quest to provide an alternative link between [[Manchester]] and the south that was independent of the [[London and North Western Railway]] (L&NWR). [[Cotton mill]] owner Thomas Oliver had suggested this route hoping to revive the cotton mills of Bollington, the [[Kerridge]] stone quarries and the coal fields at [[Poynton]]. The line was closed in January 1970 as part of the [[Beeching cuts|Beeching]] closures. The trackbed is today used for walking, cycling and horseriding; it is known as the [[Middlewood Way]].<ref>[http://www.discovercheshire.co.uk/Route.aspx?refnum=DC105&region=1&mapCategory=WLK&overview=true&mapBackLayers=WLK1P.WLK2P.WLK3P.WLK4P&mapBackE=363000&mapBackN=363000&mapBackMpp=160&mapBackSearchTxt=middlewood Middlewood Way] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120728155318/http://www.discovercheshire.co.uk/Route.aspx?refnum=DC105&region=1&mapCategory=WLK&overview=true&mapBackLayers=WLK1P.WLK2P.WLK3P.WLK4P&mapBackE=363000&mapBackN=363000&mapBackMpp=160&mapBackSearchTxt=middlewood|website=discovercheshire.co.uk|date=28 July 2012}}</ref>

=== Water ===
The [[Macclesfield Canal]] passes through the centre of the town and is a picturesque and rural part of the [[Cheshire Ring]]. The stretch from Marple Junction on the [[Peak Forest Canal]] to [[Bosley Lock Flight|Bosley]] is without locks and is carried on an embankment through Bollington. Kerridge was the scene of a spectacular breach on 29 February 1912, where the water from Bosley to [[Buxworth|Bugsworth basin]] emptied through the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://happy-valley.org.uk/history/misc-kerridgebreach.htm|title=Happy Valley; History, Kerridge breach|work=happy-valley.org.uk}}</ref> Today, the canal is used for leisure purposes.

== Media ==
''Bollington Live!'' is a publication produced three times a year by a team of volunteer writers, editor and distributors. It is funded by local businesses who sponsor and advertise. It covers a wide range of issues of local interest, from historical articles, to matters of current concern. The magazine is delivered free to every household and business in Bollington, plus others in [[Pott Shrigley]] and Whiteley Green by almost fifty volunteers. The magazine was started in 1994 by a group of residents who felt that whilst Bollington was served by the neighbouring [[Macclesfield]] newspapers, it was in need of a Bollington-centred publication. All copies are available online<ref name=bollingtonlive>{{cite web|url=http://www.happy-valley.org.uk/live/editions.htm|title=Past editions of "Bollington Live!"|publisher=www.happy-valley.org.uk|access-date=14 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829161932/http://www.happy-valley.org.uk/live/editions.htm|archive-date=29 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> on the town's extensive Happy Valley web site.<ref name=happyvalleyhome>{{cite web|url=http://www.happy-valley.org.uk/|title=Happy Valley web site|publisher=www.happy-valley.org.uk|access-date=11 December 2008}}</ref>

Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]]. Television signals are received from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter |date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Manchester]], [[Heart North West]], [[Smooth North West]], [[Capital Manchester and Lancashire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West]], [[Silk Radio]] and Canalside Radio, a community-based station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canalsideradio.net/ |title=Canalside Radio|website=www.canalsideradio.net|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
[[File:James Chadwick.jpg|thumb|140px|Sir [[James Chadwick]], 1945]]
[[File:Libby Clegg Rio2016.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Libby Clegg]], 2016]]
* [[Samuel Greg (junior)|Samuel Greg (Jnr)]] (1804–1876), English industrialist and philanthropist, took over management of Lowerhouse Mill in Bollington in 1832 and used it as a basis for social experimentation. 
* [[John Ryle (manufacturer)|John Ryle]] (1817–1887), silk manufacturer, was born and died in Bollington. He emigrated to the United States in 1839 and was the [[Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey|Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey]] from 1869 to 1870.
* [[William Collard Smith]] (1830 in Bollington – 1894), Australian politician, emigrated to Australia in 1852, became a politician in colonial [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], and was a member of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite Australasia|Smith, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. William Collard}}</ref>
* [[Emma Brooke]] (1844–1926), British novelist and campaigner for the rights of women and workers, was brought up in Bollington.
* Sir [[James Chadwick]] (1891 in Bollington – 1974), [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]]-winning physicist who proved the existence of [[neutron]]s, was educated at Bollington Cross School.
* [[George Holland Hartley]] OBE (1912–1995), Rhodesian and Zimbabwean civil servant, Army officer, farmer and politician.
* [[Terry Waite]]  (born 1939 in Bollington), who was held hostage for four years in [[Lebanon]] and devoted his life to humanitarian causes, lived for a very short time in Bollington; his father was a policemen in [[Styal]].
* [[David Dickinson]] (born 1941), antiques dealer and television presenter, lives in Bollington.
* [[Angie Lewin]] (born 1963 in Bollington), designer of prints and screens, was brought up in Bollington.
=== Sport ===
* [[Jack Plant]] (born 1870 in Bollington), footballer, played for [[Bury F.C.|Bury]], and earned one cap for [[England national football team|England]] in 1900.
* [[Arthur Gaskell]] (1886–1944), footballer who played 105 games for [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.]].
* [[James Bailey (footballer)|James Bailey]] (born 1988), retired footballer, played 233 games,<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=46695  SoccerBase Database] retrieved 11 July 2018</ref> was brought up in Bollington.
* [[Libby Clegg]] (born 1990), blind athlete and a double Paralympic champion; she lived in Bollington in her early life, and was partially educated at St Gregory's Primary before moving to Scotland at age 11.<ref>https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/libby-clegg</ref>
* [[Ben Amos]] (born 1990), football goalkeeper, <ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=49987  SoccerBase Database] retrieved 11 July 2018</ref> has played over 250 games incl. for [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], lived for some years in Bollington.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/manchester-uniteds-ben-amos-became-goalkeeper-by-chance-2147383.html |title=Manchester United's Ben Amos became goalkeeper by chance |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |first=Simon |last=Stone |date=30 November 2010 |access-date=30 December 2013}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Listed buildings in Bollington]]
* [[Hollin Old Hall]]
* [[Clarence Mill]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://happyvalley.org.uk/?page_id=3931 Happy Valley], a full list of Bollington's mills with some histories.

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