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Dunham Massey

📍 Cheshire, England

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Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouses and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Hall and Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey is in the historic county of Cheshire but, since 1974, it has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.

Home to the Booth and Grey families for over 300 years. The current house is largely early Georgian (1730s), built around the bones of an Elizabethan manor. Contains one of Britain's finest collections of Huguenot silver. During WWI, the house served as a military hospital — the Stamford Military Hospital for 282 patients. The 250-acre deer park dates back to medieval times. Given to the National Trust in 1976 by the 10th and last Earl of Stamford.