Carrington, Greater Manchester

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Carrington
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St George's Church, a Grade II* listed building [1]
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Carrington
Location within Greater Manchester
Population396 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SJ737921
Civil parish
  • Carrington [2]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MANCHESTER
Postcode district M31
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
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53°25′52″N2°23′31″W / 53.431°N 2.392°W / 53.431; -2.392

Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. [3] Historically a part of Cheshire, the village is west of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, and includes several industrial sites.

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History

Several derivations of the name Carrington have been suggested, all from Old English. The name may mean "estate associated with a man called Cara"; alternatively, the first part of the name may be derived from caring, meaning "tending or herding" or cring, which means "river bend", so either "place associated with herding", or "settlement by a river bend". In the 12th century, Carrington was known as Carrintona. [4]

Industry

Carrington has a large gas and chemical works, which produce gases by fractional distillation of liquid air. It used to be the site of a Shell Chemicals refinery, which produced polythene and polystyrene.

Carrington Power Station was on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal. Building work commenced in 1947, although land for the site was acquired in 1916. [5] It opened in 1956, was decommissioned in the late 1980s, and demolished using explosives in 1991, having stood empty for several years. All that remains today is a large 400 kV switching station. The station had its own railway spur from the Glazebrook to Stockport Tiviot Dale line, [6] evidence of which can still be seen today from the gates where the line crossed Manchester Road.

In 2007, Bridestones Developments acquired planning permission for a new CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine) power station, to be built on the same site as the old power station. Construction of the new power station began in 2013 and was completed in the Autumn of 2016. The new power station will generate three times the energy as the old coal-fired power station, will occupy only half of the space of the old site and will emit only half of the carbon dioxide. Around 600 people have been involved in its construction and when it is finally operation there will be around 40 staff employed at the power station. The new power station will generate up to 880MW of electricity which is enough to supply approximately one million homes. Some of the parts for the new plant were so large that they were transported to the site via the Manchester Ship Canal [7] [8]

Future

The "New Carrington" site, including the former Shell site, has been allocated for development in the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. The site could provide 11,500 dwellings and 750,000 sqm employment floorspace. [9]

Sport

Manchester United have the Trafford Training Centre and Bury formerly had the Carrington Training Centre on Carrington Moss, as does Sale Sharks Rugby Club.

Geography

Demography

At the 2001 UK census, Carrington had a total population of 396. For every 100 females, there were 110.6 males. The average household size was 2.62. [10] Of those aged 16–74 in Carrington, 53.3% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, higher than the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%). [11] According to the census, 1.75% were unemployed and 34.39% were economically inactive. [12] 21.72% of the population were under the age of 16 and 6.31% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Carrington was 37.24. 66.41% of residents described their health as "good". [13]

Population change

Population change in Carrington since 1801
Year180118111821183118411851186118711881189119011911192119311951196119712001
Population435480531552559536521469438568514522531504627642488396
Source: A Vision of Britain through Time [14]

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Notes
  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St George (1067868)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Carrington Parish Council".
  3. ↑ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – C. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Carrington Parish Council". www.carrington-parish-council.org. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Power Stations in Greater Manchester" (PDF). The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
  6. ↑ "Station Name: PARTINGTON (2nd site)". Disused Stations Site Record. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
  7. ↑ "Victorian Engineering Key to cutting-edge power project". Manchester Evening News. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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  9. ↑ GMCA https://gmsf-consult.objective.co.uk/portal/2016consultation/gmsfoct16?pointId=s1476450796198 Archived 25 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine
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  11. ↑ "Trafford Metropolitan Borough key statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
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  14. ↑ Nevell (1997), p. 87.
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