Brooklands, Trafford
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{{for|the area of the City of ManchesterBrooklands Manchester
| Brooklands | |
  Brooklands shown within Greater Manchester |
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| Population | 9,773 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Trafford |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SALE |
| Postcode district | M33 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Wythenshawe and Sale East |
| List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester | |
Brooklands is an area and electoral ward within Sale, in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) to the south-southwest of Manchester City Centre and has a total resident population of 9,773.[1]
Voters from this ward elect three councillors to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. Currently all three councillors, Glynn Evans, Susan Cooley and Sue Murphy, are members of the Labour Party.
The Manchester Metrolink tram network passes through the district; Brooklands Station lies on the route between Manchester City Centre and Altrincham.
James Joule a notable English physicist, who lent his name to the standard unit of energy, is buried in Brooklands cemetery.
The area is named after Samuel Brooks, a Manchester banker and businessman who, in 1856, bought a parcel of land in this area from the Earl of Stamford; he also made further purchases later. The area was crossed by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway, which opened in 1849. A road crossed this railway between Sale and Timperley stations, and in 1855, 45 residents petitioned for a station there. The company took no action but in 1859, Brooks negotiated terms for a station. He offered an acre of land for £200 with a guarantee of compensation if it did not pay. The unofficial name Brooks’s land soon became Brooklands, and the station so named opened there on 1 December 1859.
In 1862, Brooks built a private road running southeast from the station, with land for superior housing. This ran (and still runs) all the way to the A538 Altrincham–Wilmslow road at Hale, making use of the earlier Roaring Gate Lane for part of the journey.[2]
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