Hyde is a town in

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, England, which had a population of 34,003 in 2011. Historically in Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of

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History

Early history

Newton Hall was present in the thirteenth century. The area formed a

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of the

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of St Mary, Stockport. Its name is derived from the '' Hide'', a measure of land for taxation purposes, taken to be that area of land necessary to support a peasant family. In later times it was taken to be equivalent to . In the late 18th century the area that was to become the town centre was no more than a cluster of houses known as Red Pump Street. Gee Cross was much larger and 'Hyde' was still only used to refer to the estates of Hyde Hall on the banks of the River Tame. Altogether there were only 3,500 inhabitants in the district in 1801. The town is largely a creation of the 19th century and the Industrial Revolution.

Industrial Revolution

Queen Street Mill - Boiler House - geograph

The population of Hyde increased due to the success of the

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s during the

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of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at one stage there were 40 working mills. By 1872 only 27 remained, half of the remaining mills closed between 1921 and 1939 and there is only one working mill in the town today. There were many mill owning families, including the Sidebotham, Hibbert and Horsfield families. The main employers in the mills were the Ashton family who successfully ran a combined spinning and weaving company. Most mills concentrated on one process only. The Ashton family built Hyde Chapel on Stockport Road, Gee Cross. The Ashton Brothers' Mill has recently been demolished to make way for a housing estate. St George's Church was built in 1832 as a chapel of ease to

St Mary's, Stockport St Mary's Church is the oldest parish church in the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It stands in Churchgate overlooking the market place. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade&nbs ...

. It was built at the instigation of John Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall and was the first

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place of worship in the town. St George's became the

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of part of Hyde township in 1842. Later additions include the

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, boathouse by the canal, hearse house, parish rooms and numerous vicarages. The church has a tower housing eight bells and a clock. The

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was constructed through Hyde from

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to Woodley,

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and

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. Captain Clarke's Bridge, originally named Wood End Canal Bridge is situated at the end of Woodend Lane. The bridge was erected before Captain Clarke rose to prominence and therefore probably became known as Captain Clarke's Bridge after he retired and resided there. There was also a coal mine, known as Hyde Colliery, in the town and in January 1889 an explosion there killed 23 miners. There was an enquiry held the following month at Hyde Town Hall. The following month Ardwick AFC, modern day Manchester City, played Newton Heath, modern day Manchester United, under floodlights at Belle Vue to raise money for the victims' families. The game was watched by 10,000 people and this was the first floodlit match played by either side.

20th century

During the 1960s, Myra Hindley and

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were arrested in their home on the Hattersley estate in Hyde after police found the body of 17-year-old Edward Evans in the house. At their trial they were found guilty of murdering Evans as well as two other children whose bodies were found buried on Saddleworth Moor several miles away. Britain's most prolific

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, Dr Harold Shipman, had his doctor's surgery in the town where he murdered most of his several hundred victims. The first known victim was 86-year-old Sarah Hannah Marsland of Ashton House in Victoria Street on 7 August 1978 and the last was Kathleen Grundy of Joel Lane on 24 June 1998.

21st century

On 18 September 2012, drug dealer Dale Cregan made a hoax emergency call to the police from an address in Mottram in Longdendale, luring

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s Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, of

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there by claiming that there had been an incident of criminal damage. When they arrived, he murdered them.

Governance

Civic history

Hyde was incorporated as a

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of Cheshire in 1881, which covered the parishes of Hyde, Godley and Newton, along with part of Compstall. In 1936, the borough was extended by the annexation of the

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of Hattersley and part of the civil parish of Matley from

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in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. Hyde Town Hall dominates the market place area. The large bell in the clocktower is known as ''Owd Joss (Old Josh)'', named after Joshua Bradley, a former poor child worker in the mills. Michael Bradbury built it The clock chimes the Westminster Quarters.

Parliamentary representation

As a county palatine, Cheshire was unrepresented in Parliament until the

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. From 1545, Cheshire was represented by two

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. On the passage of the

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of 1832, the area of Hyde was included in the North Cheshire constituency. Between the passing of the Second Reform Act of 1867 and the

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, the town was part of the East Cheshire constituency. Between 1885 and 1918 the town was part of the Hyde

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. Since the 1918 general election, the town has been represented in

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by the member for the Stalybridge and Hyde

. The current Member of Parliament is

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Geography

Werneth Low Country Park is the location of the Hyde War Memorial. The memorial is owned by a trust which raised funds from Hyde residents after the

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to create a permanent memorial to those Hyde residents who died in that conflict. The memorial contains 710 names. Hyde is separated from Denton by the River Tame, a tributary of the

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. There are several areas and suburbs in Hyde, these include: Gee Cross, Newton, Hattersley, Godley, and Flowery Field.

Transport

Hyde is served by six

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s: * Hyde Central and Hyde North stations are on the Manchester Piccadilly -

- Rose Hill Marple Hyde Loop line; * Flowery Field, Newton for Hyde, Godley and Hattersley stations are on the electrified Piccadilly - Glossop - Hadfield line. Hyde is served by the

M67 motorway The M67 is a urban motorway in Greater Manchester, England, which heads east from the M60 motorway passing through Denton and Hyde before ending near Mottram. The road was originally conceived as the first section of a trans- Pennine motorwa ...

, which is a feeder to the M60 which is the orbital motorway for

and is connected to many other motorways that serve across the country. Hyde also has Hyde bus station, with services into Manchester and other surrounding areas, including Stockport,

and

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. The station was originally built with an open 'bus shelter design' like many bus stations, but was rebuilt as a much larger central terminus style building, enclosed from the outside. It opened on 23 August 2007 and cost £3.7m to build. The initiative was intended to encourage people to use public transport. Bus 201 runs between Hattersley and Manchester city centre, via Hyde, Denton and Gorton. Bus 202 runs between Gee Cross and Manchester city centre, via Hyde, Haughton Green, Denton and Gorton. Bus 330 runs between Ashton-under-Lyne and Stockport, via Dukinfield and Hyde. Bus 341 runs between Glossop and Hyde, via Charlesworth, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hattersley and Hyde Hospital. Bus 342 runs between Hyde and Gee Cross, via Hyde Hospital. Bus 343 runs between Hyde and Oldham, via Dukinfield, Stalybridge, Carrbrook, Mossley and Lees. Bus 344 runs between Hyde and Hyde Hospital, via Backbower. Bus 346 runs between Ashton-under-Lyne and Gee Cross, via Dukinfield, Newton and Hyde. A tram network operated by the SHMD Joint Board ran lines through Hyde from 1904 to 1945, until their replacement by buses. The second-generation tramway

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currently terminates at nearby Ashton-under-Lyne for connections to the city centre.

Sport

Football

Hyde United F.C. was formed in 1919 and changed its name to Hyde FC in 2010, as a result of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City, and back to Hyde United in 2015. The club plays its home games at

Ewen Fields Ewen Fields in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England, is the home ground of Hyde United F.C. and has also hosted Manchester City Reserves, Manchester United F.C. Reserves, Stockport County Reserves and Oldham Curzon Ladies. The stadium holds 4,250 ...

. The ground has been used by Manchester City and Manchester United for their reserve team fixtures; in 2010, Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy moved in. They used the facility as their permanent home until 2015, when a purpose-built academy stadium was opened on the campus at the Etihad Stadium. A notable appearance for Hyde United F.C. was in the FA Cup - in the 2017–18 season, they made a first round appearance in the FA Cup where they lost 4–0 to Milton Keynes Dons FC.

Boxing

World champion boxer Ricky Hatton was brought up on the Hattersley Estate and now lives in Gee Cross. He who fought against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Paqcuiao but lost on both occasions. Overall his record is at an outstanding 45-3 and had a record at one point of 43–0. His association with the town led to the creation of a boxing gym and health club by Hatton Promotions.

Water polo

The Hyde Seal Swimming & Water Polo Club dominated

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and swimming in England in the early years of the 20th century.

Cricket

Hyde Cricket and Squash Club play in the Cheshire County League and have their ground near Werneth Low. Flowery Field Cricket Club are part of the Lancashire County League. Professional cricketer Len Hopwood was born in Newton.

Education

Primary schools

Below is a list of all the primary schools in the Hyde area:
St Paul's R.C. School & Nursery
a

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, first opened in the early 1900s, it was rebuilt in the early 1970s & a plaque from the original building has been preserved.
Bradley Green Community Primary School
was built in 1968.
Oakfield Primary SchoolSt George's C.E Primary School
the original building was built in 1836.
Dowson Primary SchoolGodley Community Primary School
was built in 1978.
Flowery Field Primary School
was built in 2015 due to a poor design of the old building
Leigh Primary SchoolGreenfield Primary School
was built in 1998.
St James' Catholic Primary School
Gee Cross Holy Trinity Primary School

Secondary schools

Below is a list of all the secondary schools in the Hyde area: * Alder Community High School * Hyde High School

Further education

Tameside College and Clarendon Sixth Form College used to be located in Hyde but have since moved to

Leisure

Hyde's largest greenspace is Hyde Park, originally part of the Newton Lodge estate which was purchased by James Ashton circa 1620. The Ashton family were

owners and one of the two biggest employers in Hyde. The park was given to the Borough of Hyde by Eveline Mary Ashton and Amy Elizabeth Ashton in 1902 and opened to the public on 21 May 1904. The bandstand opened in 1922 and in 1938 Newton Lodge was demolished and replaced by Bayley Hall. The park features a garden of tranquillity, a children's play area and a

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. Hyde Market has been a shopping centre for centuries. In 1994, Clarendon Square Shopping Centre opened alongside the market. Outside the shopping centre is a children's carousel ride which celebrated its 100th birthday on 6 July 2019. Theatre Royal Heritage Open Day - geograph

Theatre Royal Heritage Open Day - geograph

Hyde's Festival Theatre is home to several local amateur groups presenting plays, music and dance in the downstairs auditorium or the upstairs smaller studio. There are occasional visiting professional shows. Hyde leisure centre contains a large swimming pool with a wave machine, aqua slide and upstairs fitness suite. The octagon shaped structure, which has been open since the 1990s, is next to Hyde United F.C.'s ground. Waldorf Playing Fields are adjacent to Matley Lane in Hyde. Hyde also has an Air Cadet Organisation (ACO), No. 468 (Hyde & Hattersley) Squadron. Hyde Library had a gallery exhibiting the work of

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, an artist from the Tameside area, now at

Notable people

The following individuals were born in Hyde or lived in the town: *

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, actor, singer and model * Trevor Grimshaw, artist * Stuart Hall, BBC radio and television presenter. * Ricky Hatton, boxer * Matthew Hatton, boxer * Lee Martin, former Manchester United footballer * Jenny Campbell, former British banker and panelist on ''

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'' *

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, artist. * Harold Shipman, serial killer *

and Myra Hindley, "Moors Murderers", serial killers * Alan West (born 1951 in Hyde), footballer, central midfielder for Burnley and Luton Town *

Danny Brocklehurst Danny Brocklehurst (born June 1971 in Hyde, Cheshire) is an English screenwriter and playwright. He has won both BAFTA and Royal Television Society writing awards. He was featured in the writers' section of the ''Broadcast magazine'' Hot 100 ...

(born 1971 in Hyde), BAFTA-winning screenwriter, Shameless, Clocking Off, Talk to Me. * Tom Cassell (born 23 June 1993 in Hyde) * Owen Jones, writer and journalist. * Ron Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021, born in Accrington, but later lived in Hyde) running legend who also worked in sports clothing. *

Timmy Mallett Timothy Luke Mallett (born 18 October 1955) is an English TV presenter, broadcaster, and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses, loud shirts, and giant pink foam mallet, known as "Mallett's Mallet", as well as hi ...

, children's TV presenter. Ex-Hyde Grammar School pupil. * Brian & Michael, chart success singers. Ex-Hyde Grammar School pupils.

In popular culture

In fiction, Hyde is mentioned frequently in the BBC drama ''

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''. In the programme, the character Sam Tyler was said to have transferred from C Division Hyde, to the City Centre, A Division CID. The choice of Hyde is given as a clue that his 1973 self is an '' alter ego'', as in

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's ''

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''.''Life on Mars: The Complete Series One'' – DVD commentary The dance scene from the film '' Yanks'' (1979), which starred

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, was filmed in Hyde Town Hall.

References

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External links

Hyde History at Tameside Council Website
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