Stockport was a

rural district A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. I ...

in the

administrative county An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until 1973 in Northern Ireland, 2002 in the Republic of Ireland. They are now abolished, although most Northern ...

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 ...

from 1894 to 1904. The district was the successor to the Stockport

Rural Sanitary District Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

formed in 1875. The rural district was originally composed of eight

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

es (with population in 1891): * Bosden (2,342) *

Bramhall Bramhall is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 17,195. Bramhall was formerly a civi ...

(3,365) *

Brinnington Brinnington is a north-eastern suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, on a bluff above a bend in the Tame Valley between the M60 motorway and Reddish Vale Country Park. Description Brinnington was open farm land before the local aut ...

(7,061) *

Handforth Handforth is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, south of Manchester city centre. The population of the parish was 6,715 at the 2021 census. In the 1960s and 1970s, two overspill housing estates, Spath Lane in Handforth, and Colshaw ...

(794) *

Norbury Norbury is an List of areas of London, town and suburb in south London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring Streatham. The area is mainly in the borough of Croydon London Borough Council, Croydon, with some parts extending int ...

(1,495) * Offerton (372) *

Torkington Torkington is an area of Hazel Grove in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a civil parish in Cheshire, covering the small hamlet of Torkington and eastern parts of the village of Hazel Grove. The pa ...

(294) * Werneth, renamed

Compstall Compstall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, between Marple Bridge and Romiley. Historically part of Cheshire, it was formerly a mill village built by George Andrew in the 1820s to house his 800 ...

1897 (2,587) In 1900

Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District Hazel Grove and Bramhall was an urban district in Cheshire, England, from 1900 to 1974. It was abolished in 1974 and the area became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester. History The Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban ...

was formed from five of the parishes in the rural district (Bosden, Bramhall, Norbury, Offerton, and Torkington). In 1902 Compstall was constituted an urban district, and Brinnington became part of

Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Bredbury and Romiley was an administrative district in Cheshire, England. It had its origins in a local government district created in 1865 covering the township of Bredbury. The district was enlarged in 1880 to take in Romiley, when it was rena ...

. The remaining parish in the district, Handforth, became an urban district in 1904.

References

* Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Rural districts of England {{Cheshire-geo-stub