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Heaton Mersey
Heaton Mersey is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the north-western border of Stockport, adjacent to Didsbury and Burnage in Manchester. Heaton Mersey is a mostly residential area and commuter zone for Manchester. Heaton Mersey and its neighbouring areas (Heaton Norris, Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor) are collectively known as the Four Heatons. Part of Heaton Mersey has been designated a conservation area. Geography Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Heaton Mersey lies on the north bank of the River Mersey, just a few miles downstream from its source in Stockport town centre. The river acts as a boundary between Heaton Mersey and Cheadle Heath. Heaton Mersey is also bordered by East Didsbury to the west, Burnage to the north-west, Heaton Moor to the North/North-east and Heaton Norris to the east. Heaton Mersey overlooks the Cheshire Plain, which can be clearly seen from the top part of Heaton Mersey park off Didsbury ...
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Broach Spire
A broach spire is a type of spire (tall pyramidal structure), which usually sits atop a tower or turret of a church. It starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces. File:Leicester Cathedral panorama.jpg, Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester File:Broughton spire, Northants.JPG, Saint Andrew's Church, Broughton, Northamptonshire File:St John's, Weston.jpg, St John's Church, Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire, with its short broach spire File:Tower and broach spire of the Roman Catholic church of the Annunciation, New Mills, Derbyshire, January 2012.jpg, St Mary's Church, New Mills, Derbyshire File:Coddington Church - geograph.org.uk - 963136.jpg, All Saints, Coddington, Herefordshire Coddington is a hamlet and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England, about north of Ledbury.Ordnance Survey mapping The west side of the parish covers part of the Malvern Hills, an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Coddington s ...
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River Mersey
The River Mersey () is in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it has formed part of the boundary between the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. The Mersey starts at the confluence of the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame and River Goyt in Stockport. It flows westwards through south Manchester, then into the Manchester Ship Canal at Irlam, becoming a part of the canal and maintaining its water levels. After it exits the canal, flowing towards Warrington where it widens. It then narrows as it passes between Runcorn and Widnes. From Runcorn the river widens into a large estuary, which is across at its widest point near Ellesmere Port. The course of the river then turns northwards as the estuary narrows between Liverpool and Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula to the west ...
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A5145 Road
List of A roads in zone 5 in Great Britain starting north/east of the A5, west of the A6, south of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary The River Eden is a river in Fife in Scotland, and is one of Fife's two principal rivers, along with the Leven. It is nearly long and has a fall of around . It flows from Burnside, near the border with Perth & Kinross, then slowly across the ... (roads beginning with 5). Single- and double-digit roads Three-digit roads Four-digit roads (50xx) Four-digit roads (51xx) Four-digit roads (52xx) Four-digit roads (53xx to 57xx) References {{DEFAULTSORT:A Roads In Zone 5 Of The Great Britain Numbering Scheme 5 5 ...
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First Greater Manchester
First Greater ManchesterCompanies House extract company no 2818607
First Manchester Limited formerly Greater Manchester Buses North Limited
is a bus operator in . It is a subsidiary of . It was once a major operator in the northern areas of the county competing against which was dominant in southern areas of the county; however in recent years it has scaled ba ...
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Stagecoach Manchester
Stagecoach ManchesterCompanies House extract company no 2818654
Greater Manchester Buses South Limited
is a major bus operator in . It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of outside of , as well as the largest within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester by passenger numbers, carrying up to 96.2 million passengers in 2019/20. It is made up of two brands: ''Sta ...
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Manchester Central Railway Station
Manchester Central railway station is a former railway station in Manchester city centre, England. One of Manchester's main railway terminals between 1880 and 1969, it has been converted into an exhibition and conference centre, originally known as G-MEX, but now named Manchester Central. The structure is a Grade II* listed building. On 27 March 2020, the UK government announced that the building would be converted into an emergency hospital, intended to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and with 1,000 beds. History The station was built between 1875 and 1880 by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC), and was officially opened on 1 July 1880. The architect was Sir John Fowler and the engineers were Richard Johnson, Andrew Johnston and Charles Sacré for the three companies which formed the CLC. While it was being built, a temporary facility, Manchester Free Trade Hall Station (after the Free Trade Hall a landmark building nearby) was in use from 9 September 1877. It had two woode ...
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Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at grouping in 1922. The Midland had a large network of lines emanating from Derby, stretching to London St Pancras, Manchester, Carlisle, Birmingham, and the South West. It expanded as much through acquisitions as by building its own lines. It also operated ships from Heysham in Lancashire to Douglas and Belfast. A large amount of the Midland's infrastructure remains in use and visible, such as the Midland main line and the Settle–Carlisle line, and some of its railway hotels still bear the name '' Midland Hotel''. History Origins The Midland Railway originated from 1832 in Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire, with the purpose of serving the needs o ...
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Heaton Mersey Railway Station
Heaton Mersey railway station served the Heaton Mersey district of Stockport between 1880 and 1961. History Heaton Mersey railway station was opened on 1 January 1880 by the Midland Railway and lay on the newly opened Manchester South District Line which ran from Heaton Mersey East Junction to Chorlton Junction and on to Manchester Central station. The station was situated at the southern end of Station Road which still exists. The station was later operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway and was closed by the London Midland Region of British Railways on 3 July 1961. The main station building was a substantial brick-built structure located on the east (southbound) side of the line. A footbridge led across the twin railway tracks to the northbound platform which was provided with a smaller brick-built shelter. Station staff could use a wooden boarded crossing at the north end of the facility. Train services The station was served by local trains from Manchester Ce ...
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Stockport Tiviot Dale Railway Station
Stockport Tiviot Dale was one of two main railway stations serving the town of Stockport, Cheshire, England; the other being Stockport Edgeley (now simply referred to as Stockport). Tiviot Dale was named after Teviotdale in Scotland. Prince Charles Stuart camped to the north of the town in 1745. Location and operating companies Tiviot Dale station was located on the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) operated Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway line from Portwood to Skelton Junction, a section of what became the Woodley to Glazebrook line. It was situated at the bottom of Lancashire Hill, next to the present motorway bridge. It was opened on 1 December 1865 and was originally known as Stockport Teviot Dale. From 1880, Tiviot Dale was also served by long-distance trains running on the Manchester South District Railway to . Tiviot Dale remained a part of the CLC, which was jointly owned from 1923 by the London and North Eastern Railway (two-thirds) and the Londo ...
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Mellor, Greater Manchester
Mellor is a village in Greater Manchester, England, lying between Marple Bridge and New Mills, Derbyshire. Buildings in the village include St. Thomas' Church, a primary school, golf course, sports club, a riding school, three pubs (the Royal Oak, The Devonshire Arms and The Oddfellows Arms) and the late-17th-century Mellor Hall. The village was a civil parish in the county of Derbyshire until 1936 when it was transferred to Marple Urban District in Cheshire; in 1974, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester. History The origin of the name ''Mellor'' is uncertain. In one Celtic dialect, the term would translate to "the bare (or rounded) hill". The name ''Mellor'' does not appear in the Norman-era Domesday Book, although the neighbouring settlement of Ludworth (recorded as ''Lodeuorde'') is listed. It is possible that Ludworth originally included Mellor and that they split into two distinct areas at a later date. The Saxons built a church ...
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Marple, Greater Manchester
Marple is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the River Goyt, south-east of Manchester, north of Macclesfield and south-east of Stockport. In United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011, it had a population of 23,686. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cheshire, the town lies along the Peak Forest Canal which contains the Marple Lock Flight and Marple Aqueduct. The Roman Lakes, to the south-east of the town centre, attracts anglers and walkers. The town is served by two railway stations: Marple railway station, Marple and Rose Hill Marple railway station, Rose Hill Marple, providing access to the National Rail, rail network in Greater Manchester and beyond. It is also close to the Middlewood Way, a shared use path following the former Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway line south from Rose Hill to Macclesfield. History Etymology The first reference to Marple in written history was to ...
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Samuel Oldknow
Samuel Oldknow (1756–1828) was an English cotton manufacturer. Samuel Oldknow Jnr, the eldest son of Samuel Oldknow Sr and Margery Foster, was born 5 October 1756 in Anderton, near Chorley, Lancashire, and died 18 September 1828 at Mellor Lodge, Derbyshire. He had an younger sister named Elizabeth (1758-1762) ccording to the grave at Rivington Unitarian Chapeland a brother, Thomas (c.1755/56-1791 d.aged 35 according to the grave at Mellor Parish Church). Oldknow was educated at the local Rivington Grammar School and later served as an apprentices in his uncle’s draper’s shop in Nottingham. His family were members of the Rivington Unitarian Chapel, where his father was interred in 1759 at the age of 25. Following the death of his father, Oldknow's mother Margery continued to live with the children at Roscoe Lowe Farm, one of the properties she had inherited from her father Thomas Foster a local yeoman. Margery later (in 1770) married John Clayton, a farmer, with whom she ...
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