Stockport Etchells
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b Shercliff, W H (1974). Wythenshawe : A History of the Townships of Northenden, Northen Etchells and Baguley Volume 1 to 1926. Didsbury: E J Morten (Publishers). ISBN 0-85972-008-X.
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