Dukinfield is a town in

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, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of

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. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 19,306. Within the boundaries of the historic county of

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, the town developed as a result of the

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when it became the site of coal mining and cotton manufacturing.

History

Early history

The earliest evidence of human activity around Dukinfield comes from a collection of four flints from the late

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/early

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. The artifacts were discovered on the site of Dukinfield Hall and have been taken as evidence of a prehistoric settlement on the site. There is no further evidence of activity in the area until the

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. A 3rd century bronze Roman coin, from the reign of Emperor Tetricus I was discovered in the town. Dukinfield means "Raven of the Field" and derives from the

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''duce'' and ''feld''. Early records show the township was included in the fee of Dunham Massey. It was held by Matthew de Bramhall in about 1190 and after that by a family who took the name "De Dokenfeld". The family lived at the moated Dukinfield Old Hall, which originated from after the

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and was rebuilt in Tudor times, remaining the home of the Dukinfields till the 18th century, after which it became derelict. During the

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, Colonel Robert Duckenfield of Dukinfield Hall was a noted commander in the

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. The baronetcy, Dukinfield of Dukinfield, Cheshire was created in 1665 for Robert Dukinfield, son of Colonel Robert Dukinfield. The Dukinfields held the manor for five centuries until the widow of Sir William Dukinfield Daniel married the artist, John Astley, in 1767. In 1848 his descendant, colliery owner Francis Dukinfield Palmer Astley, was the

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. Dukinfield Lodge was built by the Astleys on a hill overlooking the River Tame.

Industrial Revolution

Industrialisation – particularly the cotton trade – helped shape the town, but its rapid development destroyed its former pasture and meadow land. Two cotton mills were built before 1794 and by 1825 there were seven. The industry continued to expand and by the end of the 19th century 14 spinning mills of varying sizes were in operation. The largest mills were built in brick during the 1890s with four or five storeys, large windows, ornamental towers, engine houses and tall brick built chimneys. They included Tower, Tame Valley, River, Park Road and Queen Mills.Ashmore (1982), p. 92. Most of the cotton mills have now been demolished, but some have been preserved and converted into flats. Astley's Colliery, Dukinfield, the Scene of the Recent Fatal Explosion - ILN 1866

Astley's Colliery, Dukinfield, the Scene of the Recent Fatal Explosion - ILN 1866

Coal pits exploiting the underlying

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to the south of the Lancashire Coalfield were a major part of Dukinfield's industrial history, one pithead was located on Birch Lane, now the site of All Saints' Catholic College, with another near the northern border with Ashton-under-Lyne. Francis Dukinfield Astley developed two collieries in the town, Dukinfield and Astley Deep Pit, and both had explosions killing many workers. Dukinfield Colliery (also known as Lakes Pit or Victoria Colliery) was owned by Astley's Dukinfield Colliery Company. The colliery had two shafts, the downcast was 1,020 feet deep to the Black mine (coal seam) and was connected to the upcast ventilation shaft. On 4 June 1867, 38 men and boys died of suffocation following an explosion caused by a faulty safety lamp and poor management. Astley Deep Pit, was off King's Street opposite Brownlea Avenue was developed by Astley but by 1874 was owned by Benjamin Ashton. The colliery's downcast shaft was 2,058 feet deep and its workings extended over a mile to the south and about 1,300 yards to the north of the shaft. This colliery was reported to be at one time, the deepest coal mine in the world, at 2,100 feet (640 metres) and had three shafts. On 14 April 1874 an underground gas explosion killed 54 men. After the pit closed in 1901 the shafts were filled in and left to stand for many years before being built on. It is now the site of a development of houses comprising Angel Close, Oval Drive and Silver Close.

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a Unitarian, industrialist and scholar founded the village library in 1833 and was dubbed the "foremost promoter of education in the district" before his death in 1884. Daniel Adamson a mechanical engineer became the first chairman of the

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Company. He owned an engineering works producing Lancashire boilers at Newton Wood beside the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. He died on 13 January 1890. The Adamson Military Band, named after Adamson is based in Dukinfield. The MS&LR's successor, the Great Central Railway, moved its carriage and wagon works to Dukinfield in 1910. Dukinfield and its surrounding towns were major centres of civil revolt during the 19th century and briefly the area was a hotbed of

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, the popular movement calling for universal suffrage via a "People's Charter". Chartist leader, Reverend Joseph Rayner Stephens is buried in St John's Churchyard.

Governance

Dukinfield Borough Council - coat of arms

In the

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, Dukinfield was part of the parish of

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in the

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Hundred. It became a

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in 1866 and in 1894 those parts not already included in the

Municipal Borough of 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 ...

became an

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in the administrative county of

. The town was granted

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status in 1899 under the provisions of the

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, and was expanded in 1936, gaining part of the civil parish of

Matley Matley is a semi-rural area of Greater Manchester, England, between Stalybridge, Hyde and Dukinfield. Matley was a township of Mottram in Longdendale, one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire. Under the Poor Law ...

, which had been abolished. In 1974, the Municipal Borough of Dukinfield was abolished, and its territory amalgamated into the newly created

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of Tameside, in the

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. Dukinfield is currently represented by the occupants of 6 of the 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. These seats are spread over two wards: ''Dukinfield'' and ''Dukinfield Stalybridge''. Dukinfield currently has five Labour councillors and one Conservative councillor. Andrew Gwynne is Dukinfield's Member of Parliament. He was elected in 2005 to represent the Denton and Reddish constituency, of which the town of Dukinfield is a part. Between 1918 and 1997 Dukinfield was part of the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.

Geography and geology

At (53.477818° -2.092584°), and north-northwest of London, Dukinfield's borders are defined to the north and west by the River Tame. The town is situated at the edge of the Cheshire Plain where it meets the

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, and Dukinfield is the first town on the hill. The park is situated approximately a quarter of a mile from the town hall along King Street towards Hyde in the south. Because of the quite steep rise out of the plain, the park is terraced and is over 90 feet higher at the top. The hill flattens out slightly before rising steeply again towards the east, where the library is situated. The town hall is also at the base of the same hill with Astley Street rising steeply along its shorter southern side before climbing some 120 feet to the crest of the ridge. The local soil is mainly clayey with some alluvial deposits. The underlying geology is the middle

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s, which run north–south under Tameside. Dukinfield is situated on the site of a vast ancient lake or swamp that covered the area. This ancient lake is the reason coal is found in the area. The layers of shale and coal are laid on top of each other in bands, only 20 or 30 feet thick. The coal deposits fall away at a 20-degree or so angle, and runs eight or nine miles from the base of the hill out under the plain. The coal deposits are known as the Dukinfield Marine Band and form a V shape running out from here towards

in the south and Ashton Moss in the north-east. Dukinfield had several mines of which Astley Deep Pit had the best coal. There are many seams or mines of coal found here. Dukinfield coal was known to be the best for heating and steam generation. Only a mile to the south along Hyde Road is another large mine, the Dewsnap Colliery, which was of a lower quality and so was not in as much demand. The Dukinfield Marine Band outcrops at Dukinfield, and continues up the hill towards the top of the ridge, some 140 feet above the level of the plain where it flattens out and a third mine was situated.

Demography

According to the

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, at the time of the

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, Dukinfield had a population of 18,885. The 2001 population density was , with a 100 to 93.9 female-to-male ratio. Of those over 16 years old, 29.1% were single (never married), 42.1% married, and 9.4% divorced. Dukinfield's 8,072 households included 31.2% one-person, 36.8% married couples living together, 9.9% were co-habiting couples, and 10.5% single parents with their children. Of those aged 16–74, 35.1% had no academic qualifications. At the 2001 UK census, 79.0% of Dukinfield's residents reported themselves as Christian, 0.9% Hindu, 0.8% Muslim, and 0.1% Buddhist. The census recorded 12.2% as having no religion, 0.1% had an alternative religion and 6.8% did not state their religion.

Population change

Dukinfield grew from a small village just south of Ashton-under-Lyne with open land to the south and east, the gap between it and the surrounding towns of Hyde and

being a semicircle around 1.5 miles wide, to fill the gap entirely by the late 1940s. In its early days from 1801, and previously, the population was small but boomed during the days of the cotton industry and later the coal industry with its major rail junction adding to its prosperity and growth. The industries which sustained it died out by the turn of the 1900s, leaving only the Daniel Adamson Ltd works but it managed to maintain its population and has only declined by 2000 since 1921. One reason is that it has a central location on the main road from

to Ashton-under-Lyne and is within easy commuting distance of

Economy

According to the 2001 UK census, the industry of employment of residents of Dukinfield aged 16–74 was 24.4% manufacturing, 19.3% retail and wholesale, 10.0% health and social work, 9.5% property and business services, 7.2% construction, 6.5% transport and communications, 5.7% education, 4.7% public administration, 4.4% finance, 3.4% hotels and restaurants, 1.0% energy and water supply, 0.3% agriculture, 0.1% mining, and 3.6% other. Compared with national figures, the town had a relatively high proportion of people working in manufacturing, and low levels of people working in agriculture, public administration, and education. The census recorded the economic activity of residents aged 16–74, 2.1% students were with jobs, 2.8% students without jobs, 4.9% looking after home or family, 7.9% permanently sick or disabled, and 2.7% economically inactive for other reasons.

Landmarks

Dukinfield Town Hall was built in the late 1890s and opened in 1901. It was built by raising funds from the inception of the Borough of Dukinfield. The park was also made and cost the same amount of money as the town hall. There is an 80 ft difference between the King Street lower side and the rear of the park, being the first hill off the Cheshire Plain, and on a clear day it is possible to stand at the top of the steps and see Manchester city centre. Dukinfield Park steps

Old Hall Chapel is an old historic church, claiming to be the first independent church in the 17th century. It was built during the late 15th century but is unfortunately partially derelict due to fire in the 1970s which destroyed much of the superstructure of the roof.

Transport

Public transport is co-ordinated by

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Buses

Bus services in the area are provided by Stagecoach Manchester,

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city centre - Stalybridge, via Openshaw and Audenshaw. * 221: Dukinfield - Manchester city centre, via Audenshaw and Openshaw. * 330: Ashton-under-Lyne -

, via Hyde, operating generally every ten minutes. * 335: Ashton-under-Lyne - Denton. * 343: Hyde - Oldham, via Stalybridge, Carrbrook, Mossley and Lees. * 345: Ashton-under-Lyne - Denton, via Audenshaw. * 346: Ashton-under-Lyne - Gee Cross, via Newton and Hyde. * 389: Ashton-under-Lyne - Yew Tree, via Stalybridge.

Railway

Dukinfield Central railway station Dukinfield Central Railway Station served the town of Dukinfield Dukinfield is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. At the 2011 Census, it ha ...

, which was closed in 1959, provided local and national rail services. The nearest railway stations are now

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, Hyde North and Ashton-under-Lyne.

Tram

The second-generation tramway Manchester Metrolink terminates currently at nearby Ashton-under-Lyne for connections via Droylsden to the city centre and beyond. A tram network operated by the

SHMD Joint Board Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Tramways & Electricity Board (SHMD) was a public transport and electricity supply organisation formed by Act of Parliament in August 1901. It was a joint venture between the borough councils of Stalybri ...

ran lines through Dukinfield from 1904 to 1945, until their replacement by buses.

Air

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is located around 8 miles from the town and can be easily accessed by road and public transport.

Waterways

Dukinfield Junction Dukinfield Junction () is the name of the canal junction where the Peak Forest Canal, the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal meet near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. The area has been designated by Tameside Metro ...

is a canal junction which is the meeting point of the Peak Forest, Ashton and Huddersfield Narrow Canals.

Education

There are numerous primary schools and nurseries in the town for 5- to 11-year-olds. There are secondary schools but no dedicated facility in Dukinfield for

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, the nearest establishment being

Tameside College Tameside College is a further education college located in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. The college offers a range of courses for students from Tameside and the surrounding area. These courses include NVQs, BTECs, Apprent ...

in Ashton-under-Lyne or Hyde. All Saints Catholic College provides education for 16- to 18-year-olds. Since 1998, the sixth form facility has been provided for in a purpose-built extension to the main school.

Religion

The Moravian Church began their work in Dukinfield in 1751. They built a Moravian Settlement off of Old Road, where Moravian Close now is situated. God's Acre (the Moravian Burial Ground) still exists in Moravian Close, but was closed to further burials in 1973, when the work of the Moravians moved to Yew Tree Lane, where the Moravian Church is now situated. The

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dedicated to

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is a

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built between 1840 and 1841 and consecrated the following year. A second parish was formed in 1846 and its church dedicated to St Mark was begun in 1847. A number of Protestant and Catholic churches are based in the municipality, with the nearest mosque being in Ashton-under-Lyne, a short distance to the north of the town.

Sport

Dukinfield Cricket Club, founded in 1870, is a member of the Lancashire County League. For several seasons, Paul Turner was the club's "professional" player, leaving at the end of the 2005 season. In 2015, the club signed Marty Kain (New Zealand) and Chris Marrow (South Africa). Martin Vidler is the club's youth coach. Dukinfield Rugby Union Football Club currently plays in the South Lancashire & Cheshire 2 League of the Northern Division. The club plays its home games at Blocksages Playing Fields and is one of the oldest rugby teams from the historic county of Cheshire, having been founded in 1880. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mike Ford was head coach gaining 2 league promotions in 3 seasons. He left Dukinfield RUFC for a brief spell at Oldham RUFC but then left to take over as Defensive coordinator of Ireland (January 2002 – September 2005). In September 2004, he started working as Defence and Skills coach at

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in the Guinness Premiership before taking over as head coach. He had a spell as the defence coach of the

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and is now head coach at Aviva Premiership side Bath. Dukinfield Town AFC, founded in 1948, plays in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League and has a ground at Blocksage's Playing Fields, Birch Lane, next to Dukinfield Rugby Club. Dukinfield Town were winners of the Manchester Senior Cup in 1971, the final was played at Maine Road. Manchester Senior Cup archive. It is the home of Dukinfield Central Bowling Club who play in the Tameside Mens Crown Green Bowling League and have won the premier division title in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Public services

Dukinfield's town hall provides some limited civic facilities, including a police station and registry office, with the majority of local administration being based at Tameside Council headquarters, in Ashton-under-Lyne. Dukinfield Crematorium Chapel Interior

Dukinfield has a public library which is situated in Concord Way, as part of a small shopping precinct. Morrisons have a supermarket in the town. The old library was situated on Town Lane on land donated by the Astley family who donated money towards the building. There is a park, around a quarter-mile from the town hall, providing gardens, a play area and leisure facilities. A public swimming pool is now closed and has been turned into a fitness centre with an indoor running track. It is available as part of the borough facilities offered by Tameside Sport, as well as two full-size sports pitches, these are currently used by the town's rugby and football teams. Rayner Stephens High School provides artificial multi-sports pitches, which can be reserved for use by the general public, outside school hours.

Notable people

Sportsmen

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er Norman 'Buddy' Oldfield was born in Dukinfield. He played first class cricket for

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and

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from 1935 to 1954, and for

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in 1939. * Tony Brooks, 1950s

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driver with six Grand Prix victories. *Tony Durose was born in Dukinfield and played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire from 1964 to 1969. * Scott "The Weapon" Fryer retired Silver medallist (Rio 16') in Archery. Now 1st class Sports Trader specialising in MMA. Born July 1990, born at St Matthews hospital, Dukinfield. Now resides in Glossop.

Actors and actresses

* Kathy Staff (1928–2008) * Shirley Stelfox (1941–2015) * John Normington (1937–2007)

Musicians

*John Lever, drummer with the Chameleons, the Sun & the Moon, later Red Sided Garter Snakes. * Ronnie Hazlehurst, celebrated composer and arranger of TV and radio theme music. *Kevin Parrott, record producer, musician. Producer of " Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" by Brian and Michael, and the "Brian" of the said act.

Politicians

* Carole James, Canadian politician and former

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in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Scientists

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, zoologist * Dennis Walsh, astronomer

Business

* Roderick Jones (1877–1962), head of

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, was born at Dukinfield. * Wayne Griffiths - President of SEAT

Twin towns and sister cities

Champagnole is the twin town of Dukinfield since 1958. It is situated in Jura, France.

References

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