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| Police | Greater Manchester |
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Ludworth is an area of Marple, in the Stockport district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.
Ludworth was formerly a township in the parish of Glossop, [1] on 1 April 1896 Ludworth became a civil parish, being formed from part of Ludworth and Chisworth, it became part of Glossop Dale Rural District, in 1934 it was transferred to Chapel en le Frith Rural District, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Marple [2] and became part of Marple Urban District, along with Mellor. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1926. [3] In 1974, Marple Urban District became part of the metropolitan borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester.
The civil parish consisted of Marple Bridge and the smaller Mill Brow.
Though Ludworth is not often used for the area, it does live on in the name of Ludworth primary school which is located in Marple Bridge. Ludworth and Lyme is also an area within the Stockport Girl Guide organisational areas. [4]
Compstall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, between Marple Bridge and Romiley. Historically part of Cheshire, it was formerly a mill village built by George Andrew in the 1820s to house his 800 workers; most of the original mill cottages and other structures remain unchanged.
Bramhall is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the historic county of Cheshire, and in 2011 had a population of 17,436.
Marple is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the River Goyt, 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Manchester, 9 miles (14 km) north of Macclesfield and 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Stockport. In 2021, it had a population of 12,980.
Heaton Norris is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is one of the Four Heatons, along with neighbours Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor. Originally within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, part of Heaton Norris was annexed to the County Borough of Stockport in 1835; Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor followed in 1894 and the remnant in 1913.
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.
Mellor is a village in the Stockport district, in Greater Manchester, England, lying between Marple Bridge and New Mills, Derbyshire.
Offerton is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it includes Bosden Farm, Foggbrook and the Offerton Estate. Offerton School closed in 2012 and is now home to Castle Hill High School. The ward population at the UK Census 2011 was 13,720.
Bosden Farm is a suburban housing estate with a population of around 3,000 on the edge of Offerton, bordering Marple and Hazel Grove, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, surrounded by land used for agricultural purposes.
Haughton is a former civil parish that covered the eastern portion of Denton, now in Tameside district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England, formerly in Lancashire. The township probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon times, and was first recorded as Halcton or Halghton in the thirteenth century. In Saxon, Haughton means 'settlement' (ton) on 'low-lying land' (Haugh), and probably refers to the ancient township's location in the Tame Valley.
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying villages and suburbs of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley and Romiley. In 2022, it had a population of 297,107, making it the fourth-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.
Marple Bridge is a district of Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The River Goyt runs through the centre of the village. Marple Bridge shares borders with Mellor, Marple, Compstall, New Mills, Strines, Mill Brow and Chisworth. It is in the ecclesiastical parish of Mellor; the parish church of St. Thomas stands several hundred feet higher than the village, overlooking Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
Openshaw is a suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, about three miles east of the Manchester city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Its name derives from the Old English Opinschawe, which means an open wood or coppice.
Newtown is an area of the town of New Mills, in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It is situated to the south-west of New Mills town centre, on the road towards Disley. The area lies beside the county boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire.
Torkington is a settlement in the Stockport district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.
Norbury is in the Stockport district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. A civil parish in Cheshire from 1866 to 1900, it now forms part of Hazel Grove in the metropolitan borough of Stockport.
Bradshaw is a village of the unparished area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It gives its name to the larger Bradshaw electoral ward, which includes Harwood. within the Historic County of Lancashire, Bradshaw lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.
Crossbank is an area of Lees, a village in the Oldham district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.
Newton is an area of Hyde, in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England; it occupies a narrow strip of land from the River Tame, near Newton Hall, to Matley, between Hyde and Dukinfield.
Northen Etchells is a former civil parish in the county of Cheshire, England.
Sharples is a suburb of Bolton, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England. It lay 2+1⁄2 miles north of Bolton. It contained the smaller settlements of Banktop, Sweet-Loves, High-Houses, Gale, Folds, Belmont, Piccadilly, Water-Meetings, Old Houses and part of Astley Bridge.
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