Timperley is a suburban village in the borough of
Trafford
Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers Retrieved on 13 December 2007. and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Ur ...
, Greater Manchester, England.
Historically
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in Cheshire, it is approximately six miles southwest of central
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
. The population at the
2011 census was 11,061.
History
The name Timperley derives from ''Timber Leah'', the Anglo-Saxon (
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th ...
) for a "clearing in the forest". This can be used to roughly date the settlement of Timperley to between the 7th and 8th centuries. Timperley was a predominantly agricultural settlement before the
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
, focusing mainly on
arable crops.
![Bridgewater Canal and Timperley Station - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Bridgewater_Canal_and_Timperley_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1749673.jpg)
The
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Wo ...
branch from
Stretford
Stretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, south of Manchester city centre, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. S ...
to
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. Its population in 2011 was 61,789. The town is in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region, with Liverpool to the northwest across the River Mersey. ...
was built through Timperley and opened in 1776. This improvement in transport encouraged the development of market gardening in the area to serve the growing city of
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
. The city also provided a source of
night soil
Night soil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc. This material was removed from the immediate area, usually at night, by workers em ...
which was unloaded from the canal by Deansgate Lane to provide manure for farms and market gardens.
Railways
During the mid-19th century four railways were built in Timperley. The
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) opened in 1849 with a station in Timperley on Wash Lane (now Park Road). The
Warrington and Stockport Railway
The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway was a railway line that was in operation from 1 November 1853 to 7 July 1985. The railway was created by an act of parliament on 3 July 1851 to build a line between Timperley Junction on the Manc ...
(W&SR) opened in 1854 from Timperley Junction just south of Timperley station on the MSJAR. It became part of the
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.
In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...
(LNWR) in 1859. The
Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway
The Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway(ST&AJR) was authorised by an Act of Parliament, passed on 22 July 1861 to build a railway from to Altrincham.
History
The 1861 Act was for a locally promoted line supported by the Ma ...
was built through Timperley to link with the now LNWR W&S at Broadheath Junction opening in February 1866 and, from
Skelton Junction
Skelton Junction is a complex of railway junctions to the south of Manchester in Timperley, near Altrincham. Both the Cheshire Lines Committee's Liverpool to Manchester line, via the Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line and the LN ...
, to link with the MSJAR at Deansgate Junction opening in December 1865. This became part of the
Cheshire Lines Committee
The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was formed in the 1860s and became the second-largest joint railway in Great Britain. The committee, which was often styled the Cheshire Lines Railway, operated of track in the then counties of Lancashire a ...
(CLC).
Baguley
Baguley ( ) is an electoral ward of the city of Manchester in Wythenshawe, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,794.
Baguley is derived from the Old English words Bagca, badger, and Leah, clearing or meadow.
Historically in Cheshi ...
station on the CLC line also served Timperley village. Timperley curve was built in 1879 by the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...
(MS&LR) linking Skelton Junction with Timperley Junction. The CLC line (often referred to as the West Timperley line) from Skelton Junction to
Glazebrook was opened in 1873.
West Timperley railway station
West Timperley railway station was situated on the Glazebrook East Junction–Skelton Junction line of the Cheshire Lines Committee between and . It served the locality between 1873 and 1964.
Construction, opening and location of the station
...
on this line was actually in Broadheath. The arrival of the railways in Timperley brought the middle classes from the centre of Manchester, and this is reflected by the increase of numbers in domestic services in Timperley at the same time. The impact of the railway can be seen in Timperley's growth between 1851 and 1871, more than doubling from 1,008 to 2,112.
In 1931, the MSJAR line was electrified, one of the first railway lines in Great Britain to use supply by overhead cables. A large electrical sub-station was built in connection with this just south of Timperley station. The line was converted to be part of
Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Metrolink (branded locally simply as Metrolink) is a tram/ light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along of standard-gauge route, making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Ki ...
in 1992.
Governance
Up until the early 19th century Timperley was one of several townships in the parish of
Bowdon. Timperley Parish Council was established in the 19th century. From the late 19th century
Bucklow Rural District Council administered Timperley until 1936 when responsibility passed to
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
Urban District Council.
In 1974, Altrincham UD was merged into the new
Trafford
Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers Retrieved on 13 December 2007. and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Ur ...
Metropolitan Borough of
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
. The ward of Timperley has three out of sixty three seats on
Trafford Council
Trafford Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and p ...
, and at the
2019 local elections two seats were held by Liberal Democrats
Jane Brophy
Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 20 ...
and Meena Minnis, and one by the Conservative Nathan Evans. Parts of Timperley are also in Village, Broadheath and Hale Barns wards.
Since 1997, Timperley has formed part of the
Altrincham and Sale West Constituency,
before that it was encompassed by the Altrincham and Sale constituency. It has been represented, since 1997, in the
House of Commons
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by the
Conservative MP,
Graham Brady.
Geography
Timperley lies to the north east of
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
and is bounded by Fairywell Brook to the east, Hale Moss and Well Green to the south, Timperley Brook to the west and Baguley Brook to the north.
It has borders with the areas of
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
to the South,
Sale to the North and the
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
suburb of
Wythenshawe
Wythenshawe () is a district of the city of Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, Wythenshawe was transferred in 1931 to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approx ...
to the East.
Areas of Timperley include :
*Village (Main focal point of Timperley at the junction of Stockport Road/Thorley Lane/Park Road)
*West Timperley (North West from
Timperley Metrolink station towards Manchester Road)
*Timperley Heyes (to North of Timperley Village and covering Grange Estate, Heyes Lane and Riddings)
*Timperley Brook (West of Timperley Village, towards Altrincham)
*Higher Timperley (Area to South West of Timperley Village bounded by Thorley Lane/Wood Lane)
*Broomwood estate (Estate to the South of Timperley Village)
Timperley was struck by
an F0/T1 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.
Demography
At the
2001 UK census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
, the village of Timperley had a total population of 11,049.
The population density was 37.4 persons per hectare and for every 100 females, there were 98.8 males.
Of those aged 16–74 in Timperley, 19.6% had no academic qualifications, lower than the 24.7% all of Trafford and 28.9% in England. Of the 4,473 households in Timperley, 46.8% were married couples living together, 24.9% were one-person households, 7.3% were
co-habiting couples and 7.2% were lone parents.
With 94.9% being born in United Kingdom there is a low proportion of foreign-born residents. There is also a low proportion of non-white people as 97.2% of residents were recorded as white. The largest minority group was recorded as Asian at 1.1% of the population.
Economy
At the 2001 UK census, Timperley had a possible workforce of approximately 8,092 people. The town also has a low rate of unemployment (1.7%) compared with Trafford (2.7%) and England (3.3%). The
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; cy, Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.
Overview
The ONS is responsible for ...
estimated that during the period of April 2001 to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households in Timperley was £640 (£33,280 per year).
According to the 2001 UK census, the industry of employment of residents in Timperley was 17.8% property and business services, 16.2% retail and wholesale, 11.9% manufacturing, 11.2% health and social work, 8.6% education, 8.0% transport and communications, 6.4% finance, 6.0% construction, 4.3% public administration and defence, 3.6% hotels and restaurants, 0.9% energy and water supply, 0.6% agriculture, and 4.2% other.
Education
Primary schools in Timperley include Broomwood Primary School, Cloverlea Primary School, Heyes Lane Primary School, Park Road Primary School, St Hugh's Catholic Primary School and Willows Primary School. Secondary schools include
Altrincham College
Altrincham College is a non-selective secondary school and sixth form located in Timperly (near Altrincham ), Trafford, England. The school is an academy and is part of South Manchester Learning Trust. It holds the specialist Arts College
An ...
and
Wellington School.
Brentwood School and Pictor School are
special school
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s in Timperley, while Forest School is an
Independent school
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.
Trafford College
Trafford College is a further education college in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It was formed with the merger of North Trafford College (formerly, Stretford Technical College) and South Trafford College in 2007.
Campuses and facilitie ...
has a campus in West Timperley, offering
further education
Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. It ...
to students from across Trafford.
Culture
Events and venues
The Altrincham and District Astronomical Society meets 10 times a year.
The
South Trafford Archaeological Group
The South Trafford Archaeological Group (STAG) is an archaeological group based in Timperley, Greater Manchester. The group promotes interest in and the study of archaeology and history locally, especially within Trafford but also beyond the border ...
(STAG) was formed in 1979 and provides facilities for volunteer archaeologists from south Manchester and north east Cheshire. The group is based near Timperley Old Hall and the clubhouse of the Altrincham Municipal Golf Course. STAG have been involved with sites such as Carrs Mill in
Stalybridge
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census.
Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and north-west of Glossop.
When a ...
; Moss Brow farm in
Warburton; Moore's hat factory in
Denton; the medieval hall in
Urmston
Urmston is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 41,825 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is the ...
; and the medieval moated site of Timperley Old Hall.
Since 1984 Timperley has held a country fair on the open ground of Lark Hill by Thorley Lane. The fair, held every September (usually the second Saturday), has a variety of art, craft and charity stalls. It is organised by a small committee of local residents.
Sport
Timperley Cricket Club was founded in 1877; the club moved to its present site, near Altrincham Municipal Golf Club, in 1883. Timperley Hockey Club was formed in 1886 and became the first club in the north of England. Today Timperley Sports Club provides facilities for cricket, hockey and lacrosse. In 2006 the club was named Trafford Sports Club of the Year and Greater Manchester Sports Club of the Year.
Golf has been played on the site of Altrincham municipal golf course since 1893 when Timperley Golf Club was founded. Altrincham Golf Club offers competitive golf on a large scale. There are major competitions most weekends from April to October, and there are some major competitions during the winter months. If there are no major competitions over a weekend there is normally
a social competition.
In 1934 the owner died and the members were unable to buy the course for their own use, being outbid by Altrincham Urban Council. The course then became municipal, and the members of Timperley Golf Club decided to find a new home, moved to Baguley and built a new course. After a short stay at Baguley the club moved again and founded Mere Golf Club.
Altrincham Council continued to run the Old Hall as a clubhouse until 1955, when it was sold to Chester's Brewery and became the Old Hall Hotel. In May 2003 The Old Hall was bought by Hydes Brewery and has been converted into a Heritage Inn.
The course has remained in its original layout with only minor alterations. During World War 2 the club continued to operate, but lost the second and third holes for the production of potatoes. The present club was founded in 1935, and although the course is municipal, the club is private.
Religion
According to the 2011 UK census, the religious make up of Trafford is 63.4% Christian, 5.70%
Muslim
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, 1.0%
Hindu
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, 1.10%
Jewish
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and 0.3%
Buddhist
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. 21.2% were recorded as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 6.3% did not state their religion.
Timperley is in the
Church of England
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Diocese of Chester
The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York covering the pre-1974 county of Cheshire and therefore including the Wirral and parts of Stockport, Trafford and Tameside.
History
Ancient diocese
Before the si ...
with Christ Church as the parish church and Holy Cross Church as a second place of worship. Timperley is in the
Roman Catholic
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Diocese of Shrewsbury,
Transport
![Timperley metrolink station 1993](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Timperley_metrolink_station_1993.jpg)
The
Manchester Metrolink
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tram network passes about 3/4-mile west of the village centre;
Timperley Metrolink station is on Park Road and lies on the route between
Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre is the central business district of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England situated within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57(M) Mancunian Way which collectively form an inner ring road. ...
and
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
.
Navigation Road station
Navigation Road is a station that serves both Northern Trains and Manchester Metrolink located in the east of Altrincham, in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a Northern-operated heavy rail station on the Mid-Cheshire Line, and an ad ...
is located just outside Timperley in East
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
. It is a
Northern
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* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a r ...
-operated
heavy rail
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Rapid transit
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station on the
Mid-Cheshire Line with an adjoining light rail station served by the
Altrincham line
The Altrincham Line is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink running from Manchester to Altrincham in Greater Manchester. Originally a railway line, it was, along with the Bury Line, converted into a tramway during 1991–92, as part of the fir ...
of the
Manchester Metrolink
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tram network.
Present day
Today Timperley is a suburban area extending from the
A56 road
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in the west to the main Stockport Road roundabout on the A560 in the east. Much of the housing stock dates from the 1930s and later. Typically houses are slightly larger than the traditional "northern terraces". Older houses tend to be in the red brick cottage style of north Cheshire.
Notable residents
![Frank Sidebottom statue Timperley Manchester](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Frank_Sidebottom_statue_Timperley_Manchester_.jpg)
*
Ian Brown
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and
John Squire
Jonathan Thomas "John" Squire (born 24 November 1962)Larkin, Colin (ed.) (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, is an English musician, songwriter and painter. He was the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock b ...
, founders of
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. One of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the band's classic and most prominent lineup consisted of vocalist Ian Brown, ...
*
Caroline Aherne
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, comedy writer and actress (''
The Royle Family'', ''
The Fast Show'', ''
The Mrs Merton Show
''The Mrs Merton Show'' was a mock talk show starring Caroline Aherne as the elderly host Mrs Dorothy Merton.
Originally portrayed as 'Mrs. Murton' in a pilot for Yorkshire TV which was not picked up, Caroline Aherne retooled the character, ma ...
''), died 2016.
*
Roger Ashton-Griffiths, film actor (''
Gangs of New York
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'', ''
Brazil
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'', ''
Young Sherlock Holmes
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''), grew up in Timperley
*
Paul Hanley, member of
The Lovers and former member of
The Fall
*
John Noel Nichols
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, wholesaler of spices and medicines and inventor of
Vimto
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, died 1966
*
Louis Oosthuizen
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, professional golfer and winner of the
2010 British Open (one of Golf's "
Majors
Jonathan Michael Majors (born September 7, 1989)Majors in is an American actor. He rose to prominence after starring in the independent feature film ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019). In 2020, he garnered wider notice for portraying ...
") based in Timperley during the European season
*
Benny Rothman, political activist, most famous for his leading role in the
mass trespass of Kinder Scout
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in 1932, died 2002
*
Chris Sievey
Christopher Mark Sievey (25 August 1955 – 21 June 2010) was an English musician, comedian and artist known for fronting the band the Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards.
...
(more popularly known as his comic character
Frank Sidebottom
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People
* Frank (given name)
* Frank (surname)
* Franks (surname)
* Franks, a medieval Germanic people
* Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang
Cur ...
), comedian and musician, died 2010. A statue of Sievey in his Frank Sidebottom guise was unveiled in Timperley town centre on 20 October 2013.
*
Cyril Washbrook
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, cricketer
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
and
England
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, died 1999
*
Keith Skues
Richard Keith Skues MBE, AE (born 4 March 1939) is a British radio personality. His career spans over 60 years.
Biography
Skues was born in Timperley, Cheshire. His broadcasting career began on the British Forces Network in Cologne, Germany, in 1 ...
, BBC radio presenter and producer, born 1939, Timperley Lodge.
*
John Thompson, English-born, Canadian poet, born in Timperley, 1938, died in
Sackville, New Brunswick
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, 1976.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Altrincham
Altrincham is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The town, together with the adjacent areas of Broadheath and Timperley, contains 52 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for ...
References
External links
Timperley Ward Profile* Local records are kept in th
Local Studies Archive of Trafford MBCSouth Trafford Archaeological GroupChildminder TimperleyTimperley village site
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Areas of Greater Manchester
Geography of Trafford