| Gee Cross | |
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 Gee Cross village centre | |
  Gee Cross Location within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SJ9593 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hyde |
| Postcode district | SK14 |
| Dialling code | 01611 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Gee Cross is a village and suburb of Hyde within Tameside Metropolitan Borough, in Greater Manchester, England.
Gee Cross village centre dates back to the times of the Domesday Book. Originally, Gee Cross was the larger village in the immediate area; however, Hyde grew during the Industrial Revolution and is now the major town, having merged into the north of Gee Cross. [1]
The village contains modern day Hyde's first place of Christian worship, Hyde Chapel, built in 1708. This would serve as the main church in the area for over a century until St George's Church was built in the centre of Hyde in 1832. [1]
Historically, the village, latterly as part of the borough of Hyde, was a part of Cheshire until the creation of Greater Manchester in 1974. The village has neither statutory boundaries nor civil parish status. Tradition would dictate that the northern boundary is at a location known as the Big Tree, just past Lilly Street, which now commemorates those that lost their lives in the Falklands War of 1982.
Gee Cross is home to a recently instituted well dressing festival, which is an ancient custom in the Pennines. Another recent addition is the annual village fete, which is a major fundraising event for local charities; it is held on the site of the former reservoir, the Queen Adeleide Reservoir, now known as Sam Redfern Green, which is now classified as the village green.
Gee Cross is built on the side of a hill called Werneth Low, a part of the Pennines, which surrounds the village to the south and east. Werneth Low is a protected country park that was first created as a war memorial by the people of Hyde. The park has a visitors centre and ranger service. On a clear day, there are views across the Greater Manchester, as well as Lancashire and Merseyside; the Welsh mountains are sometimes visible. Sightseers can view Manchester city centre, including the tallest tower in the UK outside of London - Deansgate Square South Tower. The Hare and Hounds pub sits on the top of Werneth Low, as does Hyde Cricket and Squash Club and Werneth Low Golf Club.
To the south-west, the village borders Woodley in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. Within Tameside, Hyde town centre merges with Gee Cross along its northern border and the village of Godley, also a part of Hyde, is found to the north-east. Across Werneth Low, Hattersley lies to the east and Romiley to the south.
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The centre of the village hosts a small commercial district, which has grown in recent years to include some office-based businesses; these include an estate agents, hairdressing salons and barbers, a pharmacy, laundrette, bakers, florists, tattooist, cafes, bistros, takeaways and a wine bar. In addition, at the bottom of Stockport Road, is a large car dealership currently run by Audi. [2] The local Post Office was formerly located on the corner of School Lane and Stockport Road, but was closed in the phasing out of smaller branches; it has now become a private house.
The village is a popular social venue, featuring numerous pubs alongside newer restaurants and bars. These include The Buxton, The Queen Adelaide, The Werneth and The Cheshire Cheese.
In 1817, the Cheshire Cheese premises were three private cottages owned by Bristowe Cooper. Behind them was a small dingle called Sugar Loaf Wood and one could walk down a path through this to a plantation which was owned by Samuel Ashton, the cotton magnate. The cottages were later transformed into a school for the children of Gee Cross and Bristowe Cooper became the schoolmaster. Around 1857, the school was closed and the premises became a butcher's shop, a beerhouse and a grocer's shop. The three cottages were then owned by Benjamin Cocker, who was also the first licensee of the beerhouse and who gave it the sign of the Cheshire Cheese. After Benjamin left, Betsy Emery ran the three shops single handedly for many years. The Emery family occupied the "Cheese" until around 1974, the butchers became part of the pub in 1919 and the grocer's shop closed in 1959. It was a freehouse until 1943, when it was bought by Yates Brewery and then it later came under the John Smiths banner. Under new management in 2020, the "Cheese" has once again started to be the heart of the Gee Cross community and the Grapes Hotel. The former Lamb Inn has been converted to a day nursery. Another addition to the already thriving Gee Cross pub scene is the Joshua Bradley. Named after the former Mayor of Hyde and situated on the borders of the village, this 19th-century former private hall (Bamford Hall in its previous incarnation) has been subject to a £3 million transformation by Hydes brewery.[ citation needed ]
Gee Cross contains two primary schools: Dowson Primary [3] and Gee Cross Holy Trinity (CofE). [4] Just outside Gee Cross is Alder Community High School, which is a new secondary school built in 2004. It is a computing and maths specialist school, which teaches over 800 11-16 year olds. [5]
There are three churches in Gee Cross: an Anglican, Methodist and Unitarian Church. The Unitarian Church in the centre of the village is called Hyde Chapel. [6] The Anglican Church is called Gee Cross Holy Trinity and is affiliated with the primary school. [7] Gee Cross Methodist Church is the other church in the village. [8]
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Flowery Field is an area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.
Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Oldham and 9 miles (14.5 km) east of Manchester. In 2011 it had a population of 10,921.
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Werneth Low is a hill in Greater Manchester, England, and a part of the Pennines. It is located on the border of Stockport and Tameside, rising to a height of 279 metres (915 ft). The villages of Woodley, Greave, Gee Cross, Mottram and Romiley lie on the sides of the low.
Woodley is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated mostly on the east side of the Peak Forest Canal, next to Bredbury, Romiley and the boundary with Tameside, at Gee Cross. Historically part of Cheshire, the name means "a clearing in the wood" because the area contains a lot of woodland.
Romiley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it borders Marple, Bredbury and Woodley. At the 2021 census, the Bredbury Green and Romiley ward, which also includes Compstall, Bredbury Green and a large part of Bredbury, had a population of 13,700.
Bredbury is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles (12.9 km) south-east of Manchester, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Stockport and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Hyde. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 16,721.
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Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England. It was created by the Local Government Act 1972, and consists of the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and the cities of Manchester and Salford. This is a complete list of the Grade I listed churches in the metropolitan county as recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Buildings are listed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the recommendation of English Heritage. Grade I listed buildings are defined as being of "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important"; only 2.5 per cent of listed buildings are included in this grade.
