Story of Altrincham

This is an accessible and highly illustrated history of Altrincham, a vibrant town in Cheshire. Altrincham, ''the settlement of the people of Aldhere'' owes its origin to the initiative and enterprise of its early medieval inhabitants, who established a market, and re-routed the old Roman road from Chester to Manchester so that travellers passed through the town instead of around it. The market wa...