Stockport Etchells

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Stockport Etchells
Stockport Etchells (Greater Manchester)
Stockport Etchells

Stockport Etchells shown within Greater Manchester
Population approx. 9,000
Metropolitan borough Stockport
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
List of places: UKEnglandGreater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°23′40″N 2°14′49″W / 53.3945, -2.2469

Stockport Etchells is a historical township in Cheshire.

[edit] Geography

Stockport Etchells covered the rural area that includes modern-day Gatley and Heald Green in the county of Cheshire. Hamlets in Stockport Etchells included Gatley Green, High Grove, Long Lane, Bolshaw and Outwood[1].

[edit] History

Stockport Etchells existed as a township from the middle ages until 1894, when it was merged with the townships of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley to form the Cheadle and Gatley Urban District, finally becoming part of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in 1974[1].

Together with Northen Etchells, the two were collectively called Etchells and often administered together from the 16th to 18th centuries.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Shercliff, W.H. "Wythenshawe volume 1: to 1926", published 1974, ISBN 0 85972 008 x