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Stockport County Borough was a county-level local authority between 1889 and 1974. The town of Stockport had been an ancient borough governed by a charter dating from circa 1220 granted by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester . [ 1 ]
The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the former area of the County Borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple.
The club changed its name to Stockport County in 1890 after the County Borough of Stockport. [2] The team played in the Lancashire League and local cup competitions until 1900, when they gained admission to the Football League Second Division. [5] 1910 Ordnance Survey map showing Edgeley Park and surrounding area
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ... Stockport: 1889 Cheshire 139,598 Stockport MB (part)
When elected county councils were established in 1889, Stockport was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it was made a county borough, independent from both Cheshire County Council and Lancashire County Council, whilst continuing to straddle the geographical counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. The borough ...
A further 16 acres (65,000 m 2) transferred in 1901, [3] and the remainder, Heaton Moor and Heaton Chapel, was added to Stockport county borough on 9 November 1913. [4] There was a plebiscite in the 1930s on whether the area wished to become part of Manchester again, but the vote was lost.
The club was formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, changing its name to Stockport County in 1890 to reflect the town's status as a county borough. It joined the English Football League in 1900. Its most successful season was the 1996–97 season , when it reached the Football League Cup semi-finals and won promotion to Division One .
The first elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. [2] This was a new council created to replace Stockport County Borough, Bredbury and Romiley Urban District, Cheadle and Gatley Urban District, Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District, and Marple Urban District.