Partington, Greater Manchester
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| Partington | |
  Partington shown within Greater Manchester |
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| Population | 7,327 (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 | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M31 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Stretford and Urmston |
| List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester | |
Partington is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.[1] It lies on the southern bank of the Manchester Ship Canal near Cadishead, about ten miles to the southwest of Manchester City Centre, within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire.
In the north eastern corner of the village is a gas storage facility that used to be a gasworks and provided employment for the area. The nearest village to the east is Carrington which used to be the site for Shell Petrochemicals.
On Wood Lane in Partington there is a paintworks. Partington was also the site of a paperworks more than 200 years ago.
It has an Anglican Church St Mary's, a Roman Catholic Church dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, a Methodist Chapel, and there is a Pentecostal church called The People's Church.
The oldest school still standing in the village was opened in 1958 and used to be called Partington County Primary School. There are two other state primary schools at Moss View and Forestgate. There is also a Roman Catholic school - Our Lady of Lourdes Primary on Lock Lane. There is a secondary school called Broadoak.
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[edit] History
Partington derives from Old English: the first element may the personal name Pearta or Pærta, or part "land divided up into partitions" and -inga meaning "people of" with tun "estate" as the final element. The name was recorded as Pertinton in 1178 and Paertingtun in 1181.[citation needed]
The completion of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 made Partington a major coal-exporting port. The canal was widened to 250 feet (76 m) for three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) to allow for the construction of a coaling basin, equipped with four hydraulic coal hoists. Partington became the nearest port to the Lancashire coal fields, and brought the South Yorkshire collieries 30 miles (48 km) closer to the sea. Between 1898–1911, exports of coal accounted for 53.4% of the total export tonnage carried by the ship canal. The coal trade in turn resulted in Partington becoming a major railway depot, and attracted a range of other industries, including the Partington Steel & Iron Company, which was encouraged by the availability of coal to construct a steelworks. The works became a part of the Lancashire Steel Corporation in 1930, and dominated the economy of nearby Irlam until their closure in 1976.[2]
0.75 miles (1.21 km)
[edit] Governance
The civil parish parish of Partington was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894 and has its own town council.[3][4] Partington became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The village is part of the Bucklow St Martin electoral ward;[5] the councillors for the Bucklow St Martin are Ian Platt, Dave Quayle, and John Smith, all Labour.[6] Partington is also a part of the Stretford and Urmston constituency is part of the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since its creation in 1997, the constituency has been represented by Beverley Hughes MP, who is a member of the Labour Party. At the 2005 General Election, Hughes won the seat with a majority of 7,851, representing 51.0% of the vote. The Conservatives won 30.4% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats 14.0%, the Respect Party 2.5%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party 2.2%.[7]
[edit] Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Partington had a population of 7,327. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. The average household size was 2.29.[8] Of those aged 16–74 in Partington, 65.1% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, significantly higher than the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).[9] According to the census, 3.72% were unemployed and 36.69% were economically inactive.[10] 23.08% of the population were under the age of 16 and 5.02% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Partington was 36.22. 62.55% of residents described their health as "good".[11]
[edit] Population change
| Population growth in Partington since 1801 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 2001 |
| Population | 358 | 412 | 434 | 466 | 457 | 485 | 445 | 511 | 438 | 576 | 587 | 758 | 605 | 816 | 957 | 6,514 | 9,276 | 7,327 |
| Source: A Vision of Britain through Time[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Transport
Partington's main road is the A6144 between Lymm and the Brooklands area of Sale. The Manchester Ship Canal also carries some industrial traffic. The nearest road crossing over the canal is at Warburton Bridge, one of the few remaining pre-motorway toll bridges in the UK,[13] and the only one in Greater Manchester.[14]
The town was served by a railway station to the north of the town, the Cheshire Lines Committee Glazebrook to Stockport Tiviot Dale Line, until 30 November 1964.[15]
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ A select gazetteer of local government areas, Greater Manchester County. Greater Manchester County Records Office. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Farnie (1980), p. 98.
- ^ Partington Town Council. Trafford MBC. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ Nevell (1997), p. 95.
- ^ Bucklow St Martin ward profile (PDF). Trafford MBC. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ Bucklow St Martin ward councillors. Trafford MBC. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ Stretford and Urmston constituency election results. Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ Partington civil parish Neighbourhood Statistics. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough key statistics. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Partington civil parish work and qualifications. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ Partington civil parish census data. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ Nevell (1997), p. 87.
- ^ Warburton (1970)
- ^ Nicholls (2004), p. 90.
- ^ Station Name: PARTINGTON (2nd site). Disused Stations Site Record. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
[edit] Bibliography
- Farnie, D. A. (1980). The Manchester Ship Canal and the rise of the Port of Manchester. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0795-X.
- Nevell, Mike (1997). The Archaeology of Trafford. Trafford Metropolitan Borough with University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. ISBN 1870695259.
- Nicholls, Robert (2004). Curiosities of Greater Manchester. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0750936614.
- Warburton, Norman (1970). Warburton: The Village and the Family. Research Publishing Company. ISBN 0705000079.
