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Poynton is a town in Cheshire, England, on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain south-southeast of Manchester, north of Macclesfield, and south of Stockport. In 2011, it had a population of 14,260.
Poynton was first settled by the Anglo-Saxons. From the Late Middle Ages, coal was mined and the collieries, under the ownership of the Lords Vernon from 1832 until their closure in 1935, were the largest in Cheshire. Consequent urbanisation and socioeconomic development necessitated better transport links; these came with the completion of the Macclesfield Canal through Poynton in 1831 and the arrival of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway in 1845 and the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway in 1869. In the late 20th century, Poynton became a commuter town for Manchester.
Poynton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Poynton, British writer and comedian
- Alexander Poynton (1853–1935), Australian politician
- Arthur Blackburne Poynton (1867–1944), British classical scholar
- Cecil Poynton (1901–1983), soccer player
- Charles Poynton (born 1950), Canadian technical consultant and writer
- Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915–1995), American diver
- Harold Poynton, rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s for Great Britain, Yorkshire, and Wakefield Trinity
- Thomas Poynton (born 1989), English cricketer
- Thomas Poynton (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for England and Wakefield Trinity