What is Bollington?
'''Bollington''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in [[Cheshire]]. The village is home to over twenty [[public house|pub]]s. Bollington was home to the biggest water wheel in England and only second in [[Great Britain|Britain]] to the [[Laxey]] wheel in the [[Isle of Man]]. The wheel powered huge [[mill (grinding)|mills]] for the production of [[cotton]]. Two of the huge mills were the Adelphi and Clarence. By 1914 Bollington had a [[population]] of around 6000 people and was dominated by fine cotton spinning. The symbol of Bollington has to be White Nancy. A small white cone-like house stands alone on top of a hill overlooking all of Bollington. It was built by the Gaskell family early in the [[19th century|nineteenth century]]. It has now been sealed. [[Sport]] has been important in the life of Bollington. Even though the village did not have a [[football]] [[team]] successful enough to rival the [[cricket]] team it was still very popular amongst the people of Bollington. The most popular team was St Johns team which was quite successful in the lower leagues. Today there are good teams competing in the amateur leagues such as Bollington United. [[Category:Towns in Cheshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cheshire]] {{UK-stub}}