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Old Manor Farm is a 15th-century hall in Marple, Stockport, historically in Cheshire, now within Greater Manchester, England (grid reference).Built in the 15th century, it has had additions made in the 16th, 17th and 20th centuries.
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Manchester, 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of Macclesfield.
Thomas was the son of William and Nanny Greenwood and was born at Woodley, near Stockport, Cheshire, on 9 May 1851, and educated at the village school.Benefiting by membership of a mutual improvement society run by William Urwick, then congregational minister of Hatherlow, Cheshire, he made use of the Manchester public library and similar institutions.
Northen Etchells, sometimes called Northenden Etchells, [2] was historically a township in the ancient parish of Northenden, which formed part of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the poor laws , in addition to their original ...
Norbury was historically a township in the ancient parish of Stockport, which formed part of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire. [1] From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the poor laws, in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Stockport, the civil ...
John Bradshaw, the second son of Henry Bradshaw and Catherine Winnington, was born in 1602 probably at Wybersley (Wyberslegh) Hall in the village of High Lane near Stockport, Cheshire, or possibly at the nearby Peace Farm, Marple (his father farmed at both) and baptised on 10 December in Stockport Church.
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] It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
The first mention of Stockport Castle comes from 1173, when Geoffrey de Costentyn held it against Henry II during the barons' rebellion of 1173–1174. [1] There is a local tradition that de Constentyn was the son of Henry II, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany; in fact, de Constentyn was a local lord who not only owned the manor of Stockport, but land in Staffordshire and Ireland. [4]