Matley is a semi-rural area of Greater Manchester, England, between

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and no ...

, Hyde and

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 had a population of 19,306. Within the boundaries of the historic co ...

. Matley was a township of Mottram in Longdendale, one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the township became a civil parish in its own right. Between 1894 and 1936, Matley was a civil parish in the Tintwistle Rural District of

. The parish was abolished in 1936 and divided between the municipal boroughs of

, Hyde and

. In 1974, these boroughs were abolished and the area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.A Vision of Britain Through Time : Matley Civil Parish
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