Stockport Etchells
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Stockport Etchells Location within Greater Manchester | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
Stockport Etchells was a township in Cheshire, England.
Geography[]
Stockport Etchells covered the rural area that includes modern-day Gatley and Heald Green. Hamlets in Stockport Etchells included Gatley Green, High Grove, Long Lane, Bolshaw and Outwood.[1]
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.[1]
Stockport Etchells and Northen Etchells were collectively called Etchells and often administered together from the 16th to 18th centuries.
References[]
Categories:
- History of Cheshire
- Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
- Greater Manchester geography stubs