Irene Preston's Historical Writing
BOSDEN
Bosden also originates as a Saxon name and the area was called Bosa's
Hill (dun or don) and in the will of Robert de Stokeport, Lord of the
Manor, dated 1233/1236, ‘Baron of Stokeport grants to Henry de Hondford
the whole of the vill of Bosedun a small hamlet.’
This probably made it part of Handforth so the area was known as
Handforth-cum-Bosden.
A family took the name of Bosden, probably a kinsman of the Hondford
family. Roger de Bosden served in the French wars, with Prince Edward
the Black Prince, in 1355/1357.
The Hondford estates were inherited in 1528, through marriage, by Urian
Brereton, who built Handforth Hall.
His descendant Sir William was Commander-in-Chief of the
Parliamentarians in Cheshire. In 1640 his son, Sir Thomas Brereton, was
fined £2000 for the part he took in the Commonwealth and had to mortgage
his lands of Bosden to the Warrens of Poynton. By the 18th century
several people owned land including Lord Vernon, Lord of the Manor of
Stockport.
In 1887 Handforth-cum-Bosden was in the parish of Cheadle but later
Bosden was in the parish of Stockport and was detached from Handforth
and became part of Hazel Grove. Today there is a Bosden Farm and housing
estate.