Bowdon is an area in south-west Greater Manchester in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, United Kingdom. It was an urban district in Cheshire from 1894 to 1974. The ONS give a population figure of 6,079 for the area in the 2001 census. Bowdon like its neighbour Hale, has exceedingly high property prices and is a popular area Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ... Trafford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a palatine... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... ONS may stand for: Oberste Nationale Sportbehörde, former German motor racing governing body, now Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB) Object Naming Service Office for NATO Standardization Office National de la Statistique (Mauritania, ons. ...