Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District

Coordinates: 53°22′01″N 2°08′24″W / 53.367°N 2.140°W / 53.367; -2.140

Hazel Grove and Bramhall
Area
  1911 5,447
  1961 5,990
Population
  1901 7,934
  1971 39,647
History
  Created 1900
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Status Urban district, Civil parish

Hazel Grove and Bramhall was a civil parish[1] and urban district[2] in north east Cheshire, England from 1900 to 1974.

It was created in 1900 covering, from Stockport Rural District, the former area of the civil parishes of:

In 1936, 903 acres (3.65 km2) were transferred to the County Borough of Stockport and 16 acres (65,000 m2) to Marple Urban District. In 1939 the former area of the Woodford civil parish was gained.[2]

The district was abolished in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and its former area was transferred to Greater Manchester to be combined with that of other districts to form the present-day Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.[3]

References

  1. Vision of Britain - Hazel Grove and Bramhall parish (historic map)
  2. 1 2 Vision of Britain - Hazel Grove and Bramhall UD (historic map)
  3. Arnold-Baker, C., Local Government Act 1972, (1973)
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