Stockport Etchells | |
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![]() Dead tree near St Annes Road North | |
Location within Greater Manchester | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
Stockport Etchells was a township and civil parish in Cheshire, England.
Stockport Etchells covered the rural area that includes modern-day Gatley and Heald Green. Hamlets in Stockport Etchells included Gatley Green, High Grove, Long Lane, Bolshaw and Outwood. [1]
Stockport Etchells existed as a township in the parish of Stockport from the Middle Ages. [2] In 1866, Stockport Etchells became a separate civil parish, [3] and in 1910 merged with Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley to form the Cheadle and Gatley Urban District and parish. [1] [4] In 1921, the parish had a population of 2,191. [5]
Stockport Etchells and Northen Etchells were collectively called Etchells and often administered together from the 16th to 18th centuries.