Millbrook is a village near

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east o ...

, northwest

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. It is part of the ''Stalybridge South''

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. It also played a huge part of the

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, as the name suggests, several

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once existed, in and around the village, Bottomleys mill was in one of the first ever steam driven mills. Millbrook suffered from the Storm Angus, 21 Nov 2016 when of rain fell on Tameside in five hours.

History

Like most of Stalybridge, Millbrook lies within the historic county boundaries of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

. Having previously been part of the ''Staley Local Board'', it was included in the

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of Stalybridge in 1881. The whole borough became part of the

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in 1888. Since 1974 Stalybridge has been in the

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Geography of Tameside Villages in Greater Manchester {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub

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