County Borough of Stockport
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- For the modern day town of which this district comprised, see Stockport.
| County Borough of Stockport | |
| Geography | |
| Status | County borough |
| History | |
| Created | 1889 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Succeeded by | Metropolitan Borough of Stockport |
The County Borough of Stockport was, from 1889 to 1974, a local government district centred on Stockport in the northwest of England. It was alternatively known as Stockport County Borough and the County of Stockport.
The district was created by the Local Government Act 1888.
In 1901, Reddish was amalgamated into the district.
As part of the terms of any county borough in England, it was decided that to let the then Cheshire County Council have authority over Stockport would be impractical due to its large size, population and industry, and so the district was independent from the administrative county of Cheshire it would otherwise have been part of.
The County Borough of Stockport was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and its territory transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
